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Once driven near extinction, wild turkeys making themselves at home in Quebec
MONTREAL - They arrived a few years ago - three-foot tall, bare-headed visitors that would occasionally stare intently at residents from their balconies and yards. The wild turkeys fra...
Jul 11, 2019
Chilcotin River flood sends trouble downstream to Fraser slide site
BIG BAR, B.C. - Debris from the flooded Chilcotin River is posing problems for officials studying a landslide downstream on the Fraser River near Big Bar.According to a news release from the Ministry ...
Jul 11, 2019 Image Credit: BC Government
Freeland calls ex-envoy's advice to China about election 'highly inappropriate'
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is distancing the Trudeau government from its former ambassador to China, a day after he said he has warned Chinese officials that further punishmen...
Jul 11, 2019
Tour de France: Viviani storms bunch sprint to win Stage 4
NANCY, France - Elia Viviani had left the Giro d'Italia utterly disappointed. Two months later, the Italian rider left bitterness and his sprinting rivals in his wake to claim his first career stage w...
Jul 11, 2019
'Not about 24': Williams to face Halep in Wimbledon final
WIMBLEDON, England - Hours before her Wimbledon semifinal, Serena Williams spent some time deep in thought and arrived at a couple of conclusions. For one thing, she shouldn't focus too much on trying...
Jul 11, 2019
Promised quick-reaction force of 200 peacekeepers yet to be registered with UN
OTTAWA - A Canadian pledge of 200 soldiers for peacekeeping missions is missing in action more than 18 months after it was first made to the United Nations by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The "...
Jul 11, 2019
"Big boy has power": Guerrero Sr. reacts to son's performance at home run derby
As Vladimir Guerrero Jr., put his impressive power on full display during Monday night's Home Run Derby, his Hall of Fame father was enjoying the show. The elder Vladimir Guerrero, who won the 2007 ve...
Jul 11, 2019
'A lot of work to do:' Premiers talk child welfare with Indigenous leaders
BIG RIVER FIRST NATION, Sask. - The head of the Assembly of First Nations had a receptive audience with most of Canada's premiers Tuesday over the need to implement changes to reduce the number of Ind...
Jul 11, 2019
Skopje zoo's chimp returns after recovering from depression
Koko the chimpanzee, once a star in Skopje's zoo, has returned home after spending 10 years in the Netherlands recovering from depression, the zoo says. Koko was reunited with his keeper, Dragan Trajk...
Jul 11, 2019
CHARBONNEAU: Run-of-river has had its run
FORMER B.C. PREMIER GORDON CAMPBELL'S plan for run-of-river generators was a mistake. It left BC Hydro in debt and with power it can't use. The NDP government plans to let some of those independent co...
Jul 11, 2019 Image Credit: BC Hydro
