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Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to oversee US spy agencies, clears Senate committee
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to be President Donald Trump director of national intelligence cleared a key Senate committee Tuesday despite concerns raised about her past comments sympa...
Feb 4, 2025
Gang leader and another man charged after shooting in Fort Nelson, B.C.
FORT NELSON, B.C. - A man well known to police and identified in the courts as a gang leader faces charges in connection with a shooting in Fort Nelson, B.C. Police say Jarrod Bacon has been charged w...
Feb 4, 2025
Trump envoy calls Gaza rebuilding timeline in Israel-Hamas truce 'preposterous'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy said Tuesday that a three to five year timeline for reconstruction of Gaza, as set out in a temporary truce agreement, is not a viable post...
Feb 4, 2025
'Fentanyl czar' will serve as liaison between U.S. and Canada, minister says
OTTAWA - Federal Public Safety Minister David McGuinty says Canada's new "fentanyl czar" will serve as a liaison between Canada and the U.S. on cross-border efforts to curb fentanyl traffic. McGuinty ...
Feb 4, 2025
Lindsey Vonn's new titanium knee holds up fine in her 1st training run at the skiing worlds
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) - Big jumps. Lots of terrain. Steep pitches. The downhill course at the Alpine skiing world championships would have been a challenge for Lindsey Vonn's aching legs ...
Feb 4, 2025
Trina Hunt's husband charged with indignity to human remains 4 years after death
PORT MOODY, B.C. - The husband of a Metro Vancouver woman whose body was found almost four years ago now faces charges connected to the death. Trina Hunt was reported missing on Jan. 18, 2021, and her...
Feb 4, 2025
Opposition parties call for Parliament's return after Trump hits pause on tariffs
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives and New Democrats say the government needs to recall Parliament within the next month to act on U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threat. On Monday, Trump agreed ...
Feb 4, 2025
FBI agents sue over Justice Dept. effort to ID employees involved in Trump-related investigations
WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI agents who participated in investigations related to President Donald Trump have sued over Justice Department efforts to develop a list of employees involved in those inquiries t...
Feb 4, 2025
'Fentanyl czar' will serve as liaison between U.S. and Canada, minister says
OTTAWA - Federal Public Safety Minister David McGuinty says Canada's new "fentanyl czar" will serve as a liaison between Canada and the U.S. on cross-border efforts to curb fentanyl traffic. McGuinty ...
Feb 4, 2025
First military flight to send migrants to Guantanamo Bay is set to depart, official says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The first U.S. military flight to deport migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay was set to depart Tuesday, a U.S. official said. It is the first step in what is expected t...
Feb 4, 2025
