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Feds working on new policies to stop illegal shipments of garbage
OTTAWA - The federal government expects to make some changes this year to keep Canada's garbage from ending up on foreign shores without consent. Environment Canada and the Canada Border Services Agen...
Jan 13, 2020
Bearwell: Giant panda pair born in Canada return to Chinese homeland
CALGARY - The first giant panda twins born in Canada have safely arrived in the land of their roots. The Calgary Zoo says Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue are exploring their new panda p...
Jan 13, 2020
Tough rules for Conservative leadership race could thin the field
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership hopefuls are spinning up their organizations Monday with the official start of the federal party's leadership race. The entry fee, the number of signatures requir...
Jan 13, 2020
Nathalie Normandeau's request for stay of proceedings to be heard in March
QUEBEC - A judge will hear in March a request for a stay of proceedings from former deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau and her co-accused, charged in 2016 following a corruption investigatio...
Jan 13, 2020
Jewish, Iranian groups ask feds to add Iran's Guard Corps to terror listing
OTTAWA - Canadian Jewish and Iranian organizations have reiterated their demands for the government to list Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity following last week...
Jan 13, 2020
Court to determine whether accused in Aberdeen murder gave statement to police voluntarily
KAMLOOPS - Court proceedings began Monday morning ahead of a first-degree murder trial for a Fraser Valley man accused of killing his acquaintance in Kamloops.David Miller is charged with first-degree...
Jan 13, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Vegas hotel denies defaming OJ Simpson in reports of his ban
LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino denied that O.J. Simpson was defamed when employees banned him from the property in 2017 and a celebrity news site reported the paroled former football hero ...
Jan 13, 2020
Blazers' Zary appears high on NHL Central Scouting midterm rankings
KAMLOOPS - The NHL Central Scouting's midterm rankings came out on Monday, and Connor Zary is listed 12th among North American skaters. Zary has 25 goals and 28 assists through 37 games. His 25 tallie...
Jan 13, 2020 Blazers forward Connor Zary is ranked 12th among North American skaters (Image Credit: Allen Douglas / Kamloops Blazers
Vasek Pospisil to play in Calgary's ATP Challenger tennis tournament
CALGARY - Canadian tennis pro Vasek Pospisil has entered a Challenger tournament in Calgary. The 29-year-old from Vancouver is in the field Feb. 24 to March 1 for the Calgary National Bank Challe...
Jan 13, 2020
B.C. Coroners Service cancels inquest into 2014 KRCC death
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. Coroners Service has cancelled an inquest into a death at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre more than five years ago.Dylan Levi Judd, 20, was found dead in his cell in November...
Jan 13, 2020 Image Credit: Fraser-Morris & Heubner Funeral Home
