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Excitement in B.C. Indigenous communities as salmon get past Fraser slide zone
VANCOUVER - Thousands of migrating sockeye and chinook salmon appear to be making it through a massive slide area on the Fraser River on their way to spawn in central British Columbia. Fisheries and O...
Aug 12, 2022
Montenegro gunman kills 11 on the street; police kill him
CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) - A man in Montenegro went on a shooting rampage Friday, killing 11 people on the streets of a city before being shot dead, Montenegro state TV reported, quoting police source...
Aug 12, 2022
Wisconsin GOP leader fires 2020 election investigator
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Assembly Republican leader who hired a former state Supreme Court justice to investigate the 2020 election fired him Friday, after the former justice and former Pres...
Aug 12, 2022
Elks host Riders looking to end struggles both at home and against the West
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Elks are trying to stop history from repeating itself. Edmonton opened the 2022 CFL season with a blowout 59-15 loss to the B.C. Lions, and then fell 26-16 to the Saskatchewan ...
Aug 12, 2022
PETERS: More than a passing fad, the move to active transportation is exploding in B.C.
AFTER SPENDING THE PAST FEW WEEKS travelling on Vancouver Island, the prevalence of so-called alternative modes of transportation really stood out to me.One of the most striking examples is the Gallop...
Aug 12, 2022
Judge suspends two articles of Quebec's new language law regarding legal translations
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has temporarily suspended two articles of the province's new language law, saying they could prevent some English-speaking organizations from accessing justice...
Aug 12, 2022
Canadian wastewater surveillance expanding to new public health threats: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says plans are underway to sift through Canadian sewage to test for and measure new health threats like monkeypox and polio. Over the course of the COVID-...
Aug 12, 2022
Canadian bobsled, skeleton athletes repeat calls to St-Onge to improve toxic culture
More than 90 current and retired Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes are renewing their call for action from federal Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge to help clean up what they say is a toxic climate...
Aug 12, 2022
Hundreds of lightning strikes hit B.C. as severe thunderstorms roll through
Severe thunderstorms have torn through British Columbia's Interior, delivering hundreds of lightning strikes to areas already ranked at a high to extreme risk for wildfires. The BC Wildfire Service we...
Aug 12, 2022
CF Montréal looks to solidify playoff position on the road against Houston
MONTREAL - CF Montral's playoff position is far more solid entering the final third of the Major League Soccer season than it was at this point last year. The club was on the bubble of the playoff rac...
Aug 12, 2022
