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Montreal's Auger-Aliassime advances in Cincinnati with win over de Minaur
CINCINNATI - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime moved on to the third round of the Western & Southern Open Masters-level tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Australia's Alex de Minaur on Wedn...
Aug 17, 2022
Former Vernon teacher given lifetime ban
VERNON, B.C. - A former Vernon teacher convicted of sex crimes with minors, has been banned from teaching in the kindergarten to Grade 12 school system for life.Anoop Singh Klair was convicted in May ...
Aug 17, 2022
Red Deer one of four cities getting new passport services
Red Deer is part of a federal announcement Wednesday that will see new passport service locations added in four Canadian cities.Government officials say this is to address a backlog in processing appl...
Aug 17, 2022
SOUND OFF: Building resilience and diversity in rural B.C. economies
A DIVERSE ECONOMY IS STABLE AND RESILIENT. These might seem like buzzwords, but stability and resilience matter in the lives of people across B.C.Diversification happens naturally over time as communi...
Aug 17, 2022
B.C. cannabis stores grapple with delivery stoppage as BCLDB workers go on strike
BURNABY, B.C. - British Columbian cannabis stores are bracing for emptier shelves after a strike stopped the province's pot distribution centre from shipping out product. The British Columbia General ...
Aug 17, 2022
Sheen dissipates but sunken U.S. fish boat still in orca habitat east of Victoria
VICTORIA - The United States Department of Ecology says an oil sheen from a sunken fish boat appears to have completely dissipated from an area of U.S. waters just east of Vancouver Island. The update...
Aug 17, 2022
Feds announce four new passport service sites as backlog continues
OTTAWA - The federal government is adding new passport service locations across Canada as a backlog in processing applications continues. Social Development Minister Karina Gould says people can now a...
Aug 17, 2022
Number of Indigenous-language speakers drops in Canada: census
OTTAWA - New data from Statistics Canada suggests the number of people who can speak an Indigenous language has dropped slightly. However, the agency says comparing census years should be done with ca...
Aug 17, 2022
Giuliani arrives to testify in Georgia 2020 election probe
ATLANTA (AP) - Rudy Giuliani arrived at an Atlanta courthouse Wednesday under a judge's order to appear before a special grand jury that is investigating attempts by former President Donald Trump and ...
Aug 17, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Census data shows linguistic diversity on the rise in Canada
OTTAWA - The latest census figures show a record high number of people in Canada now have a mother tongue other than French or English. English and French are still by far the most common languages sp...
Aug 17, 2022
