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KFR takes down mobile home park blaze
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue crews were able to extinguish a small fire in a mobile home park along Ord Road last night. Platoon Captain Jim Gorman says the blaze started around 8:15 p.m, and KFR w...
May 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Berlin park's drug dealer solution panned by authorities
BERLIN - A creative attempt by a downtown Berlin park manager to keep drug dealers away from families and joggers has been met with an emphatic "nein" from German officials. Cengiz Demirci demarcated ...
May 11, 2019
Visa rejections frustrate efforts to bring in more international students
OTTAWA - At a time when Canada is attracting more students from around the world, there are concerns qualified applicants from certain countries are getting turned away because of ...
May 11, 2019
BBC DJ fired after royal baby tweet with chimpanzee picture
LONDON - A BBC radio broadcaster was fired Thursday for using a picture of a chimpanzee in a tweet about the royal baby born to Meghan the Duchess of Sussex and her husband Prince Harry. Danny Baker, ...
May 11, 2019
US trade deficit edges up to $50 billion in March
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit increased slightly in March, even though the deficit with China fell to the lowest point in five years. The deficit in goods and services edged up 1.5% to $50 billi...
May 11, 2019
Holocaust survivor opens book fair after neo-fascist banned
ROME - A Polish-born Holocaust survivor opened a book fair in Italy on Thursday to a standing ovation, after organizers agreed to ban a publisher linked to a neo-fascist group. Halina Birenbaum, an 89...
May 11, 2019
Tory Leader Dennis King sworn in as 33rd premier of Prince Edward Island
GEORGETOWN, P.E.I. - Dennis King appealed for co-operation from his political opponents as he took office Thursday as Prince Edward Island's 33rd premier. The Tory leader and his eight-member cabinet ...
May 11, 2019
Telus raises dividend and extends payout growth policy through 2022
VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. is raising its quarterly dividend and extending its payout program as it targets annual growth of seven to 10 per cent through 2022. The telecommunications company wi...
May 11, 2019
Who is Marie Henein? A look at Mark Norman's high-profile defence lawyer
Those close to Marie Henein say the only thing the high-profile criminal lawyer defends more relentlessly than her clients is the justice system itself. Henein displayed that commitment to the fa...
May 11, 2019
37 spotted seal pups rescued from China traffickers released
BEIJING - Animal rights groups on Saturday cheered the release of 37 spotted seal pups rescued from traffickers into the wild in northern China in a small victory for efforts to save the country's end...
May 11, 2019
