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Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry: Advice given to witnesses worries former judge
HALIFAX - A former Supreme Court of Canada judge working with the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting says he's worried that the federal Justice Department has been discouraging witnesses ...
Aug 16, 2022
Sunken fish boat off B.C. shifts into deeper water, leaks fuel in key orca habitat
VICTORIA - Crews are working to drain fuel from a sunken fish boat in U.S. waters just east of Vancouver Island before it fouls a key feeding ground for endangered southern resident killer whales. An ...
Aug 16, 2022
Lions QB Rourke named CFL's top performer for a third straight week
TORONTO - Another week, another CFL top performer honour for B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke. Rourke was named the CFL's top performer Tuesday for the third straight week and fifth time this seas...
Aug 16, 2022
Boston police boat comes to rescue of stranded groom
BOSTON (AP) - Officers with the Boston Police Department's harbor patrol unit are used to helping boaters in distress, but last weekend Officer Joe Matthews came to the rescue of a groom in danger of ...
Aug 16, 2022
Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, 'mild' symptoms
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing "mild symptoms," the White House announced Tuesday. She had been vacationing with President Joe Biden...
Aug 16, 2022
'Vigorous' wildfire west of 70 Mile House measured at 20 hectares: BC Wildfire Service
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) says it's responding to a wildfire south of Meadow Lake, approximately 25 kilometres west of Highway 97 near 70 Mile House.According to the BCWS d...
Aug 16, 2022
ESPN's Stephen A Smith has memoir coming in January 2023
NEW YORK (AP) - Dallas Cowboy fans be warned: ESPN's Stephen A. Smith has a memoir coming out next year. 13A, an imprint of Gallery Books, announced Tuesday that Smith's "Straight Shooter: A Memoir of...
Aug 16, 2022
Former Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca announces run for Vaughan mayor
Former Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca said Tuesday he has entered the race for Vaughan mayor in the October municipal election. In a news release, he said his campaign will focus on stemming t...
Aug 16, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Federal ban on rescue-dog imports is nonsensical and inhumane
DOGS, YOU GOTTA LOVE 'EM.And, of course, we do. It's as if it were the law. They're part of the family. We take them for daily walks, teach them to "shake a paw," spend ridiculous amounts of money on ...
Aug 16, 2022
Border agents see discrimination, LaFlamme ousted: In The News for Aug. 16
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Tuesday, August 16, 2022. What we are watchin...
Aug 16, 2022
