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Celebs donate millions to aid Australia wildfire efforts
LOS ANGELES - Elton John and Chris Hemsworth are among the celebrities donating big bucks to help aid the efforts for the engulfing wildfires in Australia. Hemsworth, the Australian actor, took to soc...
Jan 07, 2020
Second man charged in 2018 Williams Lake murder
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A second person has been charged in the 2018 murder of a man in Williams Lake.The BC Prosecution Service has approved first degree murder charges against 21-year-old Daine Victor...
Jan 07, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Montreal businessman Starke frustrated by Alouettes ownership situation
Clifford Starke is happy for Montreal's long-suffering football fans but feels the CFL didn't give him a real chance to purchase the Alouettes. The 36-year-old Montreal businessman made repe...
Jan 07, 2020
A brief look at some of Canada's biggest wildfires in the last two decades
OTTAWA - Okanagan Mountain Park, B.C., 2003: 25,600 hectares burned, 33,050 people evacuated, 238 homes burned. McLure, B.C., 2003: 26,420 hectares burned, destroying or damaging 72 homes, and forcing...
Jan 07, 2020
Vancouver film critics award 'The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open'
VANCOUVER - The acclaimed Canadian drama film "The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open" has won several top prizes from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle. The VFCC named the project, which w...
Jan 07, 2020
Official quits amid charges he paid women to give up babies
PHOENIX - An elected official in metro Phoenix has resigned months after being charged with running a human smuggling operation that paid pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to give up their babi...
Jan 07, 2020
Province plans four-hour closure on Coquihalla Highway Wednesday for avalanche control
MERRITT, B.C. - Closures along the Trans Canada Highway for avalanche control work are common in British Columbia; much more rare are avalanche control closures along the busy Coquihalla.That's just w...
Jan 07, 2020 A technician deploys explosives to trigger avalanches, as part of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s avalanche control program. (Image Credit: BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure)
Cousins, Vikings upend Saints 26-20 in OT in NFC playoffs
NEW ORLEANS - After tight end Kyle Rudolph emerged from a purple swarm of celebrating Vikings near the corner of the end zone, he took an opportunity to mock those who doubted quarterback Kirk Cousins...
Jan 07, 2020
Thomas, Hayton lead Canada over Russia in gold-medal game at world juniors
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Akil Thomas was in the crowd two years ago when little-used Tyler Steenbergen scored the winning goal for Canada at the world juniors. Having just turned 18,&n...
Jan 07, 2020
Ambrosie sees CFL's first international regular-season game being played in 2021
COLLINGWOOD, Ont. - Commissioner Randy Ambrosie can see the CFL going global in 2021. Ambrosie said Tuesday during the league's winter meetings he anticipates the CFL playing its first inter...
Jan 07, 2020
