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First Nations coalition rejects recommendation to lift Sen. Beyak's suspension
OTTAWA - A coalition of First Nations chiefs and residential school survivors are rejecting new recommendations to lift Sen. Lynn Beyak's suspension from the Senate. They say her most recent anti...
Jul 02, 2020
Cache Creek fire hall drying out after waterway spills its banks Tuesday
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The Cache Creek Volunteer Fire Department dodged a bullet from Mother Nature Thursday morning (July 2).The Canada Day torrent of rain led to a rapid rise in Cache Creek overnight, ...
Jul 02, 2020
Inquiry into mass shooting in Nova Scotia facing delays due to 'technicalities'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says technicalities are causing delays as the provincial and federal governments work out what form an inquiry into the April mass shooting that clai...
Jul 02, 2020
Feds extend COVID-19 isolation order for anyone entering Canada until Aug. 31
OTTAWA - The federal government has extended the mandatory quarantine order for most people entering Canada until the end of August to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Any travellers ent...
Jul 02, 2020
Coronavirus concerns freeze Vanilla Ice show
AUSTIN, Texas - Vanilla Ice has indefinitely postponed a Texas concert that drew fierce criticism due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 1990s rapper with the hit single "Ice Ice Baby" had been schedule...
Jul 02, 2020
CHARBONNEAU: Should B.C. bubble up with neighbours?
CANADA'S FOUR ATLANTIC PROVINCES have agreed to open their borders to each other on July 3, creating a regional pandemic bubble. What are the opportunities for B.C.? The Atlantic bubble means that tra...
Jul 02, 2020
Presumption COVID-19 case in Nunavut, may be territory's first infection
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is reporting what may be its first case of COVID-19. Dr. Michael Patterson, the territory's chief public health officer, says there is a presumptive infection of a work...
Jul 02, 2020
Blue Jays claim infielder Valera off waivers, add 3 more to training pool
The Toronto Blue Jays continued to re-tool their roster thursday ahead of the upcoming MLB season, claiming infielder Breyvic Valera off waivers from the San Diego Padres and addin...
Jul 02, 2020
Tories ask procurement watchdog to review contracts between Ottawa, WE Charity
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are asking the federal procurement watchdog to review the circumstances around several sole-sourced contracts between the Liberal government and WE Charity. That i...
Jul 02, 2020
From big cities to backyards, July 4 not usual blowout bash
NEW YORK - The idea sounds almost un-American. The Fourth of July was always a time for communities to come together, daylong celebrations with patriotic parades in the morning and fireworks finales t...
Jul 02, 2020
