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Ruiter is enjoying breakout season; future of Canadian women's skating is bright
The future of Canadian women's figure skating wasn't in the senior field at the Canadian championships in January. Kaiya Ruiter was already on a flight home to Calgary with a junior gold medal in her ...
Mar 05, 2020
Atletico Ottawa makes teenage midfielder Antoine Coupland its second signing
Teenage midfielder Antoine Coupland will be juggling Grade 10 and pro soccer when Atletico Ottawa opens play in the Canadian Premier League this season. Coupland, who turned 16 in December, is th...
Mar 05, 2020
B.C. to improve paid leave for workers affected by domestic and sexual violence
VICTORIA - Workers in British Columbia affected by domestic or sexual violence will be eligible for up to five days of paid leave a year under legislation introduced Tuesday that amends the province's...
Mar 05, 2020
Train derails on CN line northeast of Prince George
GISCOME, B.C. A train derailed this morning in Giscome, northeast of Prince George.Giscome Elementary School vice-principal Jason Schwartz says it happened at around 9:30 a.m. and as a precaution, the...
Mar 05, 2020 Image Credit: CKPG Today
Province to close intersection on Highway 97 in Quesnel
QUESNEL, B.C. - A closure of the intersection of Highway 97 and Juniper Rd. will be done later this year.In a release from the Ministry of Transportation Infrastructure, the government says that trave...
Mar 05, 2020 Image Credit: Google Street View
Barriere opens B.C. Boys "A" Basketball Championship with a win
KAMLOOPS ---- The Barriere Cougars opened the B.C. Boys "A" Basketball Championship with a 90-58 win over Grand Forks.Tyson Schilling led the Cougars with 26 points. Barriere will take on Fernie tonig...
Mar 05, 2020 Image credit: contributed
Lush Cosmetics calls for end to Safe Third Country deal with U.S.
OTTAWA - Lush Cosmetics has launched a campaign calling on people to pressure the Canadian Parliament to back out of an agreement with the U.S. that governs refugee claims in both count...
Mar 05, 2020
Canada spearheading effort to better protect airborne passenger flights
WASHINGTON - Canada is spearheading what Transport Minister Marc Garneau hopes will become an international effort to protect civilian airliners around the world from being shot down over conflic...
Mar 05, 2020
Minassian admits to planning, carrying out Toronto van attack
TORONTO - A man who killed 10 people when he drove a van into crowds of pedestrians on a busy Toronto sidewalk in 2018 has admitted to planning and carrying out the attack, court heard Thursday. ...
Mar 05, 2020
Cdn university basketball championships forging new ground with joint event
OTTAWA - Canada's best university basketball players won't just be playing for pride and glory in their championship tournament in Ottawa this weekend. Organizers say they are playing a part in histor...
Mar 05, 2020
