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Cabinet set to hear from housing experts as Charlottetown retreat continues
CHARLOTTETOWN - The federal cabinet today is expected to discuss whether to revisit the existing national housing strategy and possibly hold a national housing summit with other levels of government a...
Aug 22, 2023
Checkpoints will block attempts to return, N.W.T. official warns wildfire evacuees
YELLOWKNIFE - A spokeswoman for the Northwest Territories' emergency management organization says there have been reports of people returning to Fort Smith, or planning to return there, despite the wi...
Aug 22, 2023
Ex-BBC reporter passionate about local news informing N.W.T. and beyond about fires
A former BBC sports reporter in the Northwest Territories has become central to the world's understanding of the wildfires threatening the territory and its capital, Yellowknife. Ollie Williams is the...
Aug 22, 2023
Divisive Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin returns from exile as party seeks to form new government
BANGKOK (AP) - Divisive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand on Tuesday after years of self-imposed exile to face criminal charges on the same day that a party affiliated with him...
Aug 21, 2023
'T. rexes' race to photo finish at Washington state track
AUBURN, Wash. (AP) - A track for live horse racing in suburban Seattle turned prehistoric over the weekend as more than 200 people ran down the track cloaked in inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur c...
Aug 21, 2023
One suspect arrested, one at large as Kamloops RCMP recover stolen Alberta vehicle
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP recovered a vehicle Sunday afternoon that had been stolen out of Alberta.Police say a patrol car spotted a suspicious vehicle at Halston Avenue and the Halston Connector Road....
Aug 21, 2023
Alabama can enforce ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender children, court says
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Alabama can enforce a ban outlawing the use of puberty blockers and hormones to treat transgender children, the second such appellate ...
Aug 21, 2023
Kamloops Pride Week organizers working around smoky conditions
KAMLOOPS - Pride Week has returned to Kamloops with days of celebrations to raise awareness around the issues facing 2SLGBTQIA+ community in the region.Alyssa Christianson, President of Kamloops Pride...
Aug 21, 2023
Biden says federal government will help Maui 'for as long as it takes' to recover from wildfire
LAHAINA, Hawaii, (AP) - President Joe Biden told survivors of Hawaii's wildfires that the nation "grieves with you" and promised that the federal government will help Maui "for as long as it takes" to...
Aug 21, 2023
Wildfires affecting air quality; Interior Health advises on how to be safe
KAMLOOPS - Residents in Kamloops are being affected by smoke rising from the ongoing wildfires around the region. Those most vulnerable are those with pre-existing health conditions, however nearly ev...
Aug 21, 2023
