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TRU climate expert says Conservatives need to add more detail to climate plan
KAMLOOPS - The federal Conservatives unveiled their climate action plan last week (June 19), and a local climate expert says more detail is needed to determine how effective it will actually be. Dr. J...
Jun 24, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Indigenous drummers lead pipeline protesters on 22-kilometre march in Victoria
VICTORIA - The government approval of the Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion won't stop efforts in British Columbia to halt the project, protesters gathered outside Victoria's city hall said Saturday. ...
Jun 24, 2019
Indigenous drummers lead pipeline protesters on 22-kilometre march in Victoria
VICTORIA - The government approval of the Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion won't stop efforts in British Columbia to halt the project, protesters gathered outside Victoria's city hall said Saturday. ...
Jun 24, 2019
Court ruling reveals grim details of Lionel Desmond suicide and murders
HALIFAX - A court fight over life insurance has revealed for the first time disturbing details about how former Canadian soldier Lionel Desmond fatally shot his mother, wife a...
Jun 24, 2019
Aviation experts question security, passenger safety after woman left on plane
Aviation experts are raising security and passenger safety concerns after a woman was left sleeping on a parked Air Canada aircraft with the lights turned off and crew gone. A friend recounted Ti...
Jun 24, 2019
Struck gas line results in brief Juniper Ridge evacuation
KAMLOOPS - Some Juniper Ridge residents are getting back into their homes after a brief evacuation this morning.According to Kamloops Fire Rescue, a landscaping company hit a natural gas line while wo...
Jun 24, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Infrastructure agency to pitch in to help move along Via Rail project: sources
OTTAWA - A federal infrastructure financing agency is going to put some money behind a few final, financially risky steps in Via Rail's high-frequency rail project, sources say. Two sources speak...
Jun 24, 2019
Auger-Aliassime falls to Lopez in semifinals of Queen's Club tournament
LONDON - Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime fell just short of reaching his fourth ATP final of the season, losing in three sets to veteran Feliciano Lopez on Saturday in the semifinals of the Queen'...
Jun 24, 2019
Liberals promise $13M for missing, murdered Indigenous women commemorations
OTTAWA - Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef says the federal government will fund more than 100 projects to "honour the lives and legacies" of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Fund...
Jun 24, 2019
Olympic medallist Sam Edney returns to luge as high-performance manager
CALGARY - Four-time Olympic luger Sam Edney is returning to the sport as Luge Canada's high-performance manager. Edney, 34, retired following the 2018 Winter Olympics after helping Canada claim&n...
Jun 24, 2019
