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Fraser-Nicola MLA Tegart focuses on wildfire recovery plans and mental health as legislative session begins
MERRITT, B.C. - The B.C. Legislature has reconvened for a six-week fall session.Fraser-Nicola Liberal MLA Jackie Tegart represents a vast region of the Interior that was heavily affected by the wildfi...
Oct 05, 2021
RCMP officer says she feared for her life before Nunavut man was shot
GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - One of two RCMP officers who confronted a 21-year old Inuk man the morning he was shot and killed by police in a remote Nunavut community says she feared for her life that day. C...
Oct 05, 2021
Quarterbacks Collaros and Evans, receiver Dedmon named CFL top performers
TORONTO - Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros, Ottawa quarterback Caleb Evans and Redblacks receiver DeVonte Dedmon have been named the top performers for Week 9 of the CFL season. Collaros threw a pai...
Oct 05, 2021
RCMP find no confirmation of gunshot at Motel 6 in Valleyview
KAMLOOPS - Motel 6 in Valleyview was evacuated and searched following a report of a gun shot heard Monday (Oct. 4) morning.Kamloops RCMP say each room in the motel on the 1700-block of East Trans Cana...
Oct 05, 2021
Province contemplates revamping Glenfair seniors complex in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - B.C. Housing says it is looking into an extensive renovation or replacement of the Glenfair seniors apartment complex in downtown Kamloops.Owned by B.C. Housing, the complex is located at 1...
Oct 05, 2021
Top health official in P.E.I. keeping an eye on COVID-19 surge in New Brunswick
HALIFAX - Prince Edward Island's chief medical officer says she's keeping a close watch on New Brunswick, where a recent surge in COVID-19 cases is straining that province's health-care system. Speaki...
Oct 05, 2021
Survivors' group outraged at new job for general who wrote reference for sex offender
OTTAWA - A group representing survivors of military sexual assault is expressing outrage after a senior officer who wrote a reference for a convicted sex offender was quietly reassigned to a new job -...
Oct 05, 2021
Elections Canada announces vote recount in Quebec riding of Trois-Rivières
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says there will be a recount in a Quebec riding where the Bloc Qubcois narrowly fought off the Conservatives. The judicial recount will start today in Trois-Rivires, where th...
Oct 05, 2021
Hoilett, Wotherspoon to miss Canada's CONCACAF World Cup qualifying game in Mexico
Canada will be without forward Junior Hoilett and midfielder David Wotherspoon for Thursday's CONCACAF World Cup qualifying game in Mexico. The two British-based players - Hoilett is with England's Re...
Oct 05, 2021
As small business sentiment drops, Liberals pressed to give benefits extra life
OTTAWA - A group representing thousands of small businesses countrywide says its members are increasingly sour on their financial prospects, underlined by uncertainty over the fate of federal pandemic...
Oct 05, 2021
