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Conservatives call on Liberals to stop payments to Chinese infrastructure bank
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are calling on the Liberal government to stop making payments to the Asian Infrastructure Bank in light of the ongoing detention and lack of transparency around the trials o...
Mar 24, 2021
Flying the flag: UK govt tells ministries to wave Union Jack
LONDON - The British government said Wednesday that the national flag should fly on all government buildings, the latest move in a highly visible embrace of the Union Jack by Conservative Prime Minist...
Mar 24, 2021
B.C. records 155 more overdose deaths in February; four more in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - B.C. has recorded its 11th consecutive month with more than 100 deaths due to illicit drug overdoses, and its highest total ever for the month of February.New figures released by the B.C. C...
Mar 24, 2021
Veteran Hamilton Tiger-Cats cornerback Delvin Breaux announces retirement
HAMILTON - Cornerback Delvin Breaux Sr., who played in three Grey Cups with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats despite suffering a near-fatal neck injury in high school, announced his retirement Wednesday. Breau...
Mar 24, 2021
Small wildfire sparks along Highway 5 north of Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service is currently working on a small spot fire that has sparked along the Coquihalla.The fire is located approximately 10 kilometres North of Merritt along Highway 5...
Mar 24, 2021
Report into shooting of Indigenous man heightens desire for change in RCMP: minister
REGINA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Canadians are impatient to see action from the RCMP after a report that said officers in Saskatchewan racially discriminated against the mother o...
Mar 24, 2021
Canadian Palmer allows himself to visualize about what life could be like in the NFL
Josh Palmer remains firmly entrenched in the grind that is preparing for the NFL draft, but Canadian receiver still allows himself the luxury of thinking about what might lie ahead. "Of course, I visu...
Mar 24, 2021
Canadian masters sprinter Karla Del Grande earns female athlete of the decade award
TORONTO - Karla Del Grande decided to take up hurdling a couple of years ago. The multi-world record-holder thought it looked fun. She was 66 years old at the time.The Toronto sprinter, who turns 68 o...
Mar 24, 2021
Desmond inquiry: former soldier was never given two assessments considered essential
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - An inquiry investigating why Lionel Desmond killed three family members and himself in 2017 heard today from a health-care professional who said the former soldier required two...
Mar 24, 2021
RCMP seize 700 cartons of illegal cigarettes in Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - A van stopped for going 150km/h on Highway 1 east of Revelstoke lead to an illegal tobacco seizure.B.C. RCMP Traffic Services arrested two men - one in their thirties and another in...
Mar 24, 2021
