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Merritt RCMP create safe exchange zone outside detachment
MERRITT, B.C. - Merritt RCMP have created a safe exchange zone outside of their detachment.In a news release Thursday (March 31), police say it's to give Merritt residents a safe area to complete onli...
Mar 31, 2022
TSB says brake failure, cold weather led to deadly train derailment near Field, B.C.
CALGARY - An investigation into a fatal train derailment near the British Columbia-Alberta boundary has found the locomotive's brakes failed with prolonged exposure to cold temperatures.The Transporta...
Mar 31, 2022
Marshall-Rutty to undergo knee procedure as TFC depth at fullback is further tested
Toronto FC's depth at fullback is being tested early in the MLS season. Canadian teenager Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty is scheduled to undergo a procedure Friday on his knee after a second scan turned up d...
Mar 31, 2022
Conservative party says membership data is safe after reports of alleged hack
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada says it's confident data about its members has not been compromised following reports of an alleged breach. A spokeswoman for Jean Charest's leadership campai...
Mar 31, 2022
Beijing bronze medallist and Brier champ Gushue to wear Maple Leaf again at worlds
Brad Gushue's team has unfinished business in Sin City. They'll try to keep the distractions to a minimum - including the end-of-season departure of Brett Gallant - as they try to win a world men's cu...
Mar 31, 2022
Canada edges farther away from NATO spending target in latest estimate
OTTAWA - New NATO figures suggest Canada is even farther from meeting the military alliance's spending target than previously believed. NATO estimated last June that Canada would spend about 1.39 per ...
Mar 31, 2022
U.S. government reviewing deaths of two belugas moved to Connecticut from Marineland
The U.S. government is reviewing the deaths of two beluga whales that were moved from Marineland in Canada to an American aquarium last year. Havana, a young female beluga, died last month at Mystic A...
Mar 31, 2022
Afghan interpreters demand Ottawa keep promise to help endangered family members
OTTAWA - Dozens of Afghan interpreters who worked with Canada's military gathered on Parliament Hill to demand the federal government help their family members. The government introduced a special imm...
Mar 31, 2022
U.S. using Defense Production Act to kick-start domestic critical minerals production
WASHINGTON - The White House says President Joe Biden will use the Defense Production Act to boost production of critical minerals in the United States. The wartime-era law allows the president to ord...
Mar 31, 2022
Starting Friday, vaccinated travellers to Canada don't need a COVID-19 test
OTTAWA - Vaccinated travellers will no longer need a COVID-19 test to enter Canada as of Friday. The change is a departure from Canada's policy since the early days of the pandemic, and the struggling...
Mar 31, 2022
