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VIDEO: Specialists take salmon past Fraser River slide site, blast overhanging rock
BIG BAR, B.C. - New video footage released by the provincial government shows how provincial and federal officials are working together to try to save Fraser River salmon.The fish are being prevented ...
Jul 23, 2019 Image Credit: BC Government
Margaret Atwood on Booker Prize longlist for 'The Handmaid's Tale' sequel
LONDON - Canadian Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood is a contender again for the coveted fiction trophy. Atwood won in 2000 for "The Blind Assassin" and is nominated for "The Testaments," ...
Jul 23, 2019
Personal information being requested in latest phone scam: Kamloops RCMP
KAMLOOPS - Police are asking the public to not divulge personal information over the phone after numerous reports of a scam.Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie says in a news release that the...
Jul 23, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Puerto Rico gov will not seek reelection, but won't resign
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossell said Sunday evening that he will not resign in the face of public furor over an obscenity-laced leaked online chat, but he will not seek reelec...
Jul 23, 2019
Ottawa says meetings to take place Friday over disputed land deal in Oka
FREDERICTON - The federal government says meetings are planned Friday with officials in Oka, Que., and the neighbouring Mohawk community of Kanesatake in a dispute over a proposed ...
Jul 23, 2019
With a wide smile for his mom, Prince George turns 6
LONDON - Kensington Palace has released three new photographs before Prince George's birthday. The future king turns 6 on Monday. It's become a tradition for the palace to release snapshots taken by h...
Jul 23, 2019
Former Blazer sentenced after trying to grab baby, evade police
KELOWNA - A former WHL hockey player pleaded guilty to assault in court on Tuesday.Court heard that Harold Giffen Nyren tried to grab a 14-month-old toddler from his mother's arms at Kerry Park in lat...
Jul 23, 2019 Image Credit: Global Okanagan
Load management guru says winning with Raptors 'more important than anything'
VANCOUVER - He's worked with some of the world's top athletes and could fill an entire hand with his NBA championship rings, but the man tasked with keeping Kawhi Leonard healthy for the Raptors ...
Jul 23, 2019
Court orders Elections Canada to review moving voting day over religious worries
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge is ordering Canada's chief electoral officer to take a second look at whether voting day this October needs to be moved because it falls on a Jewish holiday. Election da...
Jul 23, 2019
Artist paints baseball glove with Roy Halladay on it, lends it to Jays employee
TORONTO - A unique tribute to former Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay is now on display in the bowels of Rogers Centre. Artist Sean Kane delivered a hand-painted baseball glove to the stadium on Tuesday aft...
Jul 23, 2019
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