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Katherine McParland Bursary created for young adults who have experienced housing instability
KAMLOOPS - A bursary has been set up in honour of the late founder of A Way Home Kamloops Katherine McParland.The Katherine McParland Bursary is part of BC Housing's Education Awards Program, which pr...
Mar 7, 2022
Opposition to forced transfers of B.C. patients seeking medically assisted deaths
VANCOUVER - A national organization that supports those seeking a medically assisted death is campaigning to stop forced transfers of patients within public care facilities in British Columbia. Dying ...
Mar 7, 2022
Non-citizens of Ukraine don't qualify for temporary refuge from war in Canada
OTTAWA - Masouma Tajik fled Taliban rule in Afghanistan in August, leaving her life and family behind at only 22 years old, carrying just one backpack. Last week, she left the new life she had built f...
Mar 7, 2022
Canadian bobsled, skeleton athletes calling for resignations amid toxic culture
CALGARY - Citing systemic issues within the national sport organization, some of Canada's top bobsled and skeleton athletes are calling for the resignation of the program's top staff members. A letter...
Mar 7, 2022
Muslim groups ask feds ti intervene on behalf of Egyptian refugees in Vancouver
OTTAWA - Dozens of Muslim Canadian organizations are urging the prime minister, public safety minister, and president of the Canada Border Services Agency to intervene on behalf of Egyptian refugee cl...
Mar 7, 2022
Another Canadian-record performance by distance star Moh Ahmed
COSTA MESA, Calif. - Moh Ahmed has rewritten his own Canadian record in the 10,000 metres once again. The 31-year-old from St. Catharines, Ont., ran 26 minutes 34.14 seconds to finish second at the So...
Mar 7, 2022
Ottawa interim police chief vows 'systemic change' in wake of convoy protest
Ottawa's interim police chief Steve Bell has promised to rebuild the community's trust in the municipal force after a protest that filled the capital's streets with honking, diesel fumes and roadblock...
Mar 7, 2022
Kamloops Fire Rescue battles large landscape fire, warns public of dry climate
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue spent 90 minutes knocking down a landscape fire near Seymour Street West Monday (March 7) morning.Platoon Captain Darryl Cooper says crews responded at 5:00 a.m. where ...
Mar 7, 2022
Canadian Grammy winner Alessia Cara to headline Heritage Classic entertainment
TORONTO - Grammy award-winning Canadian artist Alessia Cara will headline the entertainment for Sunday's NHL Heritage Classic outdoor game at Hamilton's Tim Hortons Field. Cara, from Brampton, Ont., w...
Mar 7, 2022
Victims' families press for senior RCMP witnesses at N.S. mass shooting inquiry
HALIFAX - The public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting is hearing from lawyers for victims' families today on why they want to call RCMP officers and a key 911 operator to the stand. Sandra M...
Mar 7, 2022
