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Prime Minister visits Williams Lake First Nation
WILLIAMS LAKE - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was greeted with drumming, singing and dancing when he arrived at Williams Lake First Nation in British Columbia.He was also given a drum made with materi...
Mar 30, 2022
Mighty Carleton will need to walk humble road back to U Sports glory
The Carleton University men's basketball team is on a mission to, once again, prove itself as the best hoops program in the country - regardless of the road it must take. "We're about winning national...
Mar 30, 2022
Feds looking to protect carbon price with legislation or compensation
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the government wants to "future proof" the carbon price against political decisions to cancel or lower it down the road. The new emissions reductio...
Mar 30, 2022
RCMP's bias-free policing policy inadequate: Mountie watchdog
OTTAWA - The civilian watchdog agency that oversees the RCMP says the Mounties' bias-free policing policy is inadequate and unclear. The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission's report released tod...
Mar 30, 2022
Government working to find out which Ukrainians coming to Canada need most help
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says Canada will extend some settlement services to fleeing Ukrainians, but they will not receive all of the same supports as typical refugees. Many Ukrainian...
Mar 30, 2022
Permanent repairs on Lantzville sinkhole scheduled for summer months
NANAIMO - Designs are being finalized for permanent repairs to a sinkhole on Hwy. 19.After an atmospheric river dumped a month's worth of rain on the region over the course of a couple of days, a sink...
Mar 30, 2022
Lytton Chinese History Museum receives $50,000 in rebuilding effort
LYTTON B.C. - Members of B.C.'s Chinese community have donated $51,500 to help rebuild a piece of Lytton.The Lytton Chinese History Museum was completely destroyed, along with most of the village, fol...
Mar 30, 2022
Police: 12-year-old killed by younger brother who found gun
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A 10-year-old boy fatally shot his 12-year-old brother as the two played with a gun they found inside a St. Louis home, police said. The shooting happened Tuesday night in a north St....
Mar 30, 2022
Three-time national champ and Olympian Lisa Weagle to focus on mixed doubles
Three-time national champion Lisa Weagle plans to step back from women's team curling next season to focus on the mixed doubles discipline. Weagle, who represented Canada at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games...
Mar 30, 2022
Federal emissions reduction plan still undercounts forestry, environmentalists say
Environmentalists say the new federal emissions reduction plan continues to undercount emissions from forestry. The Liberal government released yesterday its pathway on how Canada can become carbon-ne...
Mar 30, 2022
