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Family, fans gather for funeral of creole queen Leah Chase
NEW ORLEANS - Family, friends and admirers of New Orleans chef Leah Chase are gathering for funeral services just blocks away from the landmark family restaurant where she fed heroes of the civil righ...
Jun 10, 2019
Greens get record donations in non-election year
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Delegates to the B-C Green Party's weekend convention in New Westminster heard that the party received more than 710-thousand dollars in donations last year. Treasurer Aird Fla...
Jun 10, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Study says women are underrepresented in top animation jobs
LOS ANGELES - Women make up roughly half of all executives in animation, but a study released Monday says the numbers fall significantly when it comes to female directors and other leadership roles in...
Jun 10, 2019
Prince Philip marks 98th birthday in private
LONDON - Senior royals are congratulating Prince Philip as the husband of Queen Elizabeth II celebrates his 98th birthday in private. In a tweet Monday, the royal family wished Philip "a very happy" b...
Jun 10, 2019
Search continues for missing boaters after crash
OSOYOOS- An eyewitness to a "horrific" boating crash in Osoyoos, on Saturday night describes a boat T-boning another at high speed before launching into the air and disappearing into the lake. Carmen ...
Jun 10, 2019 Image Credit: Global News
Government: 95 dead in latest massacre to hit central Mali
BAMAKO, Mali - Unknown assailants killed at least 95 people in an ethnic Dogon village overnight in the latest massacre to destabilize central Mali, a government official said Monday. There was no imm...
Jun 10, 2019
Naval War College head reassigned pending probe
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Navy says the president of the U.S. Naval War College has been administratively reassigned pending the outcome of an inspector general investigation. The reassignment of Rear Ad...
Jun 10, 2019
Classics dominate own invitationial swim meet
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Classic Swim Team hosted the 3rd Annual TRU WolfPack Inv Swim Meet June 7 - 9, 2019.The meet hosted 502 swimmers from 23 clubs from Alberta, Northwest Territories, Yukon and BC...
Jun 10, 2019 Image credit: Kamloops Classics
In the news today, June 10
Five stories in the news for Monday, June 10 --- FANS, CITIES PREPARE FOR TORONTO RAPTORS POSSIBLE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP Excitement is building across Canada for a game that could win the Toronto...
Jun 10, 2019
Tilray signs deal to limit how its biggest shareholder may sell its stake
NANAIMO, B.C. - Tilray Inc. has signed a deal that puts limits on how and when its largest shareholder may sell its stake in the cannabis company. Privateer Holdings Inc., one of the company's ea...
Jun 10, 2019
