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Celebrating Father's Day in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Those looking to celebrate dads and the men in their lives today have a number of Father's Day events to choose from in Kamloops. A Father's Day Prostate Cancer Run will be held at the B.C ...
Jun 16, 2019 Image Credit: Kent Simmonds
Lane closures expected on Coquihalla during invasive plant control
KAMLOOPS - This week, the Thompson Nicola Regional District will be headed to the frontlines to tackle invasive plant species near Kamloops. In a release, the TNRD says starting Monday, invasive plant...
Jun 16, 2019 Image Credit: Drive BC
Raptors president Masai Ujiri accused of assaulting sheriff's deputy in Oakland
U.S. law enforcement officials allege Raptors president Masai Ujiri assaulted a police officer at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., moments after the Toronto team won its first NBA champ...
Jun 16, 2019
To hit environment goals, feds should create 'super' tax credit, report says
OTTAWA - A government-struck expert panel is calling for new "super-deduction" tax credits to encourage Canadians to put their retirement savings into climate-conscious investments. The report deliver...
Jun 16, 2019
Alberta energy war room must avoid online morass, preaching to choir: experts
CALGARY - Tzeporah Berman only learned of her cameo appearance at an Alberta government news conference about its so-called energy war room after a flood of nasty messages. Industry adv...
Jun 16, 2019
'He was ditched:' La Loche victim spiralled without support, now going to prison
SASKATOON - A promising football player whose dreams of playing professionally were crushed after a deadly school shooting in northern Saskatchewan has been sent to prison and his famil...
Jun 16, 2019
Manitoba-to-Minnesota power line project approved with several conditions
WINNIPEG - The federal government has approved a $453-million Manitoba-Minnesota power transmission project that has been the source of friction between Premier Brian Pallister and the Manitoba M...
Jun 16, 2019
'I've fallen in love': Paralyzed Bronco player finds passion for water sport
SASKATOON - Jacob Wassermann spent most of his life on the ice before he fell in love in the water. The former Humboldt Broncos goaltender, who started in the net when he was nine, was paralyzed ...
Jun 16, 2019
Baloney Meter: Is Elections Canada biased in favour of Liberals, as Tory claims?
OTTAWA - "Hard to trust the Liberal lapdogs at Elections Canada, who let Liberals-SNC off the $100K donation scam and has paid influencers to intervene in the campaign." - Conservative MP Pierre...
Jun 16, 2019
How a Montreal working-class neighbourhood's activists changed Quebec and Canada
MONTREAL - The Pointe-St-Charles neighbourhood is isolated from the rest of Montreal by the Lachine Canal and the railroad, meaning that for years it was the kind of place that man...
Jun 16, 2019
