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In the news today, June 26
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, June 26 --- CHINA SEEKS SUSPENSION OF CANADIAN MEAT The Chinese Embassy said Tuesday it has asked Canada to suspend all meat exports,&n...
Jun 26, 2019

Pea-based pants may be next frontier as Lululemon looks at crops for clothes
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. wants customers to have more pea in their yoga pants. The athleisure retailer presented the idea at Protein Industries Canada's (PIC) pitch day Monday in a ta...
Jun 26, 2019

MMIW commissioners reconcile Canada Day with their genocide finding
WINNIPEG - When Michle Audette was growing up, Canada Day was not a celebration. It left her feeling bitter. The daughter of a Quebecois father and an Innu mother, Audette didn't see herself in the sc...
Jun 26, 2019

'Somewhere to go:' Sex trafficking victim calls for more safe houses
REGINA - For years, Beatrice Wallace blamed herself. Not only did she feel shame and guilt, but the 46-year-old Regina mother kept it hidden. Her "dirty little secret," as she calls it, was working th...
Jun 26, 2019

Trudeau leans on Trump to help Canadians detained in China at G20 summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving for a major international summit in Japan this morning, hoping to make progress, or at least find allies, in a multi-front dispute with China. The G20...
Jun 26, 2019

Seoul: US, N Korea in talks to set up 3rd Trump-Kim summit
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean and U.S. officials are holding "behind-the-scenes talks" to arrange a third summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the fa...
Jun 26, 2019

Eskimos receiver, Redblacks QB, Ticats running back named top performers
TORONTO - Edmonton Eskimos receiver Greg Ellingson, Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Dominique Davis and Hamilton Tiger-Cats running back Sean Thomas Erlington have been named the CFL's top performers of ...
Jun 25, 2019

Yanks open with 2 HR, set MLB mark in 4-3 win over Blue Jays
NEW YORK - DJ LeMahieu and Aaron Judge hit back-to-back homers to begin the bottom of the first inning, giving the Yankees a major league-record 28 straight games with a long ball, and New York held o...
Jun 25, 2019

Mueller agrees to testify before 2 House panels next month
WASHINGTON - Democrats say Robert Mueller has agreed to testify publicly before the House Judiciary and intelligence committees after both panels issued subpoenas to him Tuesday evening. House Judicia...
Jun 25, 2019

City of Kamloops warns new schools needed in Aberdeen before long
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says new schools in Aberdeen, an ever-booming neighbourhood in Kamloops, should be on the school district's future wish list. School District 73 released its capital pr...
Jun 25, 2019 The city says Aberdeen could need as many as two more elementary schools and a high school in the future to keep up with population growth (Image Credit: CFJC Today)

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