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BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon sworn in as MLA for Vancouver Quilchena
VICTORIA - Kevin Falcon has made his return to the house.The BC Liberal leader has now been sworn in as the MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena. Falcon recently won a byelection in a riding left open after th...
May 16, 2022
Joly condemns Israeli police behaviour at Palestinian journalist's funeral
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is condemning as appalling images of Israeli police pushing and hitting mourners at the funeral of an Al Jazeera journalist who was shot while working in ...
May 16, 2022
White House moves to loosen remittance, flight rules on Cuba
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration announced Monday that it will expand flights to Cuba and lift Donald Trump-era restrictions on remittances that immigrants can send to people on the island. ...
May 16, 2022
CFJC Midday — 'Sailing Pretty Close to the Wind' in the Cube at the Kamloops Art Gallery!
Tanya joins curator Craig Willms in the Cube at the Kamloops Art Gallery to take in colourful paintings by local artist, Robin Hodgson! These in-depth works explore the psychological and emotional nat...
May 16, 2022
Battle of Alberta hockey allegiances split in Red Deer
The old Crown and Anchor bar in Red Deer, Alta., was famous for its line drawn down the middle when hosting hockey fans during the fierce Battle of Alberta playoff games of the late-1980s. Calgary Fla...
May 16, 2022
Bloc, NDP support Tory bid to revive committee studying Canada-China relations
OTTAWA - MPs have voted to re-establish a special committee on Canada-China relations. The committee was first set up in 2019 in light of prolonged diplomatic friction with China, with a mandate to ex...
May 16, 2022
Former CFL star Tony Gabriel knows what striking CFL players are going through
Tony Gabriel can sympathize with striking CFL players. The Hall of Fame tight end was involved in the league's first strike in 1974, which was staged during training camp but settled before the season...
May 16, 2022
Calgary and Edmonton city councils make friendly wager on NHL playoffs
CALGARY - The Battle of Alberta is back with a friendly hockey wager between the city councils in Calgary and Edmonton. The Calgary Flames will play the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL's Western Conference...
May 16, 2022
Officials: Buffalo gunman taunted law enforcement online
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The white gunman accused of massacring 10 Black people in a racist rampage at a Buffalo supermarket taunted law enforcement online last month and visited Buffalo back in March, in...
May 16, 2022
Métis leader calls for Queen to apologize for residential schools
The president of the Mtis National Council says the Queen should apologize for residential schools to help survivors and their families heal. Cassidy Caron says residential school survivors told her t...
May 16, 2022
