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Quarterback Adams, B.C. Lions look to reset against league-leading Montreal Alouettes
SURREY, B.C. - Vernon Adams Jr. has watched the B.C. Lions' struggles from a unique vantage point. And the quarterback's assessment of what's plagued the team is simple. "Just overall not being good e...
Oct 18, 2024
CSRD to survey Shuswap, Falkland residents on proposed road rescue service
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The Columbia Shuswap Regional District will ask residents of the Shuswap and Falkland areas for their opinions on launching a new road rescue service.The CSRD says its board has app...
Oct 18, 2024
Anthony Stolarz relishing crease chance with Maple Leafs: 'You want to be the guy'
TORONTO - Anthony Stolarz saw an opportunity this summer in free agency. When fellow Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll went down injured ahead of the team's regular-season opener, another chance mate...
Oct 18, 2024
Ottawa says businesses can request tariff exemption on Chinese goods
OTTAWA - The federal government says businesses can now request remission from newly announced tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and steel and aluminum products. Ottawa says the relief is aimed at ...
Oct 18, 2024
Five things on proposed landmark $32.5-billion tobacco deal
MONTREAL - Three tobacco giants are set to pay out roughly $32.5 billion in a landmark deal that would settle decades of litigation with provinces and individual smokers and their families. The propos...
Oct 18, 2024
PETERS: We know who to vote against — now who do we vote for?
WHAT A STRANGE AND UNINSPIRING provincial election campaign we just endured.It started off with a complete reshaping of the political landscape in B.C.A list of factors led to the collapse of the once...
Oct 18, 2024
Supreme Court tosses driving prohibition against Saskatchewan man in fatal crash
OTTAWA - Canada's top court has struck down a driving prohibition handed to a Saskatchewan man convicted in a fatal highway crash. Braydon Wolfe was driving on the wrong side of a divided highway near...
Oct 18, 2024
NDP says Sask. Party's Moe needs to answer for campaign comment on children
REGINA - The NDP says the Saskatchewan Party's Scott Moe needs to provide answers after a candidate's two children and their use of a school change room were brought up in the election campaign. Moe s...
Oct 18, 2024
Harris and Trump seek Arab American votes in Michigan in effort to shore up battleground states
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Kamala Harris and Donald Trump both sought support from Arab American voters Friday as they campaigned in Michigan, trying to lock down support in a battleground state that ...
Oct 18, 2024
AFN votes on way forward after $47.8 billion child welfare reform deal is defeated
OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs have voted in favour of a new negotiation process to reform the child welfare system after a $47.8-billion deal with Canada was defeated Thursday evening at an Assembly o...
Oct 18, 2024
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