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Early morning crash near Falkland kills driver of pickup truck
FALKLAND, B.C. - One man is dead after an early morning crash near Falkland.RCMP E-Division Traffic Services spokesman Cpl. Mike Halskov says the crash happened at about 5:35 a.m. off Highway 97 near ...
Jul 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Trial begins for Alberta youth charged with shooting German tourist
CALGARY - A court has heard that a German tourist shot while driving on a highway west of Calgary last year had eight bullet fragments removed from his brain during surgery. A trial has begun for...
Jul 15, 2019
Search for missing Quebec businessman, son stretches into fifth day
MONTREAL - Provincial police today dispatched a sonar-equipped boat to a reservoir to look for signs of a missing helicopter carrying a Quebec businessman and his teenage son who f...
Jul 15, 2019
Ryan Shtuka documentary premieres on YouTube
KAMLOOPS - A documentary focusing on the disappearance of and search for Ryan Shtuka has made its premiere on YouTube.Three local filmmakers put the project together, called "Peaks and Valleys."The Ka...
Jul 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Boxing champ Pernell Whitaker dies; hit by car in Virginia
Pernell Whitaker, an Olympic gold medallist and four division champion who was regarded as one of the greatest defensive fighters ever, has died after being hit by a car in Virginia. He was 55. Police...
Jul 15, 2019
Weakened Barry unleashes a final blast of torrential rains
NEW ORLEANS - Though Tropical Depression Barry failed to unleash catastrophic flooding in New Orleans, it still swamped parts of Louisiana with up to 17 inches (43 centimetres) of rain and transformed...
Jul 15, 2019
Health Canada revokes licences of pot producer Agrima Botanicals
VANCOUVER - Cannabis producer Agrima Botanicals Corp. has had its licences revoked by Health Canada, months after the company disclosed the regulator's finding that "unauthorized activities" with pot ...
Jul 15, 2019
China's economy growth cools further amid US tariff war
BEIJING - China's economic growth sank to its lowest level in at least 26 years in the quarter ending in June, adding to pressure on Chinese leaders as they fight a tariff war with Washington. The wor...
Jul 15, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein will remain jailed as judge mulls bail
NEW YORK - Financier Jeffrey Epstein will remain behind bars for now as a federal judge mulls whether to grant bail on charges he sexually abused underage girls. The judge said he needed more time to ...
Jul 15, 2019
Public Health Agency probes matter at National Microbiology Laboratory
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it is looking into an "administrative matter" at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg after it advised the Mounties of possible policy...
Jul 15, 2019
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