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B.C. man sentenced to four years for manslaughter in girlfriend's shooting death
VANCOUVER - A man who told police he was "joking around" with his girlfriend when he fatally shot her in the head has been sentenced to four years in prison for manslaughter with an additional six mon...
Aug 16, 2024

PETERS: No positive spin on Kamloops crime statistics
STATISTICS CANADA RELEASED its 2023 crime stats last month and they were not flattering for our fair city.As much as political or law enforcement leaders may want to spin the numbers, it's hard to see...
Aug 16, 2024

Canada cricket team back in action with a new captain and search for a new coach
After making its debut at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup this summer, Canada is back in action in ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 play in the Netherlands under new leadership and with a search for a new c...
Aug 16, 2024

Jury convicts white Florida woman in fatal shooting of her Black neighbor during ongoing dispute
A white Florida woman was convicted Friday of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black neighbor amid an ongoing dispute about children playing loudly outside her home. An all-white jury in Ocala,...
Aug 16, 2024

Yukon minister says there's still 'hope' for gold mining to continue at disaster site
WHITEHORSE - Yukon Justice Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee says the territory's government is still hopeful that mining can eventually restart at the site of the Eagle Gold mine disaster after its owner wa...
Aug 16, 2024

Days before school year begins, more than 5,700 teaching positions unfilled in Quebec
MONTREAL - Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville says there are still 5,704 teaching positions to be filled in the province's schools, weeks before the new school year begins. But Drainville sa...
Aug 16, 2024

Broke and broken: Report says Canada's public transit in critical funding state
OTTAWA - A new analysis warns that Canada's major cities are struggling to keep their transit systems running, and says public transit is heading for a "downward spiral" unless major new streams of op...
Aug 16, 2024

Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu presented Olympic bronze medal first awarded to American Jordan Chiles
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu received her Olympic bronze medal during a ceremony in the capital Bucharest on Friday that marked the conclusion of a swirl of controversy after...
Aug 16, 2024

Ottawa still mulling over bonus for CEO of CBC, but won't make decision public
OTTAWA - The Liberal government said today it has not yet made a decision on whether it will grant a bonus for the head of CBC after the public broadcaster eliminated hundreds of jobs. But because of ...
Aug 16, 2024

Ottawa says U.S. move to tighten border rules for asylum-seekers in line with law
WASHINGTON - The federal government says procedural changes planned by the United States to tighten rules for asylum seekers coming from Canada are in line with the Safe Third Country Agreement. Under...
Aug 16, 2024

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