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Commercial flight diverted in high-speed chase in B.C.'s Fraser Valley
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police say a man has been charged following a high-speed chase that required the diversion of a commercial airplane and ended with a collision involving a police vehicle in Langley,...
Feb 10, 2022
Cookie's Place helping 55+ seniors with affordable housing
KAMLOOPS - Carrie Stanhope has many reasons to be hopeful. She has just moved into her new home at Cookie's Place, a 36-unit affordable seniors housing complex in Aberdeen. "I came from not having a h...
Feb 10, 2022
Lack of powder silences Vancouver's historic Nine O'Clock Gun indefinitely
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver parks board says the city's historic Nine O'Clock Gun is being silenced by a lack of explosive powder that's needed to fire it. A statement from the board says the type of bl...
Feb 10, 2022
Vancouver Canucks name Hall of Famer Cammi Granato assistant GM
VANCOUVER - Cammi Granato has been watching the Vancouver Canucks for years. As a pro scout for the Seattle Kraken - the first female scout in NHL history - she spent ample time in the press box at Va...
Feb 10, 2022
Montreal police officers handed 30-day suspensions for racial profiling in 2017
MONTREAL - A Black man who was racially profiled by Montreal police during a stop in 2017 says the 30-day suspensions recently imposed by the ethics commission on two officers is significant but not n...
Feb 10, 2022
Provincial parks near Blue River, Clinton to grow
VICTORIA - The province is adding a series of new parcels of land to the B.C. Parks system, and that includes bolstering a couple of parks not far from Kamloops.In a news release, Environment Minister...
Feb 10, 2022
Asplundh Canada fined $83,000 for workplace safety violations near Logan Lake
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - Worksafe BC has issued a major fine against a tree-falling firm for high-risk violations in the Logan Lake area.Asplundh Canada will have to pay a fine of $83,932.35.In a summary of...
Feb 10, 2022
Lack of powder silences Vancouver's historic Nine O'Clock Gun indefinitely
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver parks board says the city's historic Nine O'Clock Gun is being silenced by a lack of explosive powder that's needed to fire it. A statement from the board says the type of bl...
Feb 10, 2022
Canada, Britain discussing Russia sanctions if it invades Ukraine, says U.K. envoy
OTTAWA - Britain's envoy to Canada says the two countries are co-operating on a tough new set of sanctions against Russia if it invades Ukraine. Susannah Goshko, the British High Commissioner to Canad...
Feb 10, 2022
New Argos running back Harris says he's always played with a chip on his shoulder
TORONTO - Andrew Harris has played football with a huge chip on his shoulder for the last 11 seasons and that's not about to change with the Toronto Argonauts. Harris, who turns 35 in April, signed wi...
Feb 10, 2022
