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Winter weather expected on Coquihalla overnight
KAMLOOPS - Highway passes in the Southern Interior will be hit with some overnight snow.Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for several highways across the province, including th...
Jun 06, 2019 Image Credit: Drive BC
Scheer vows internal free-trade deal as part of vision for stronger federation
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer is promising that a Conservative government would negotiate a deal to eliminate trade barriers among Canada's provinces. The Conservative leader made the commitment Tuesday...
Jun 06, 2019
Policing community eyes change after missing, murdered Indigenous women inquiry
OTTAWA - Melanie Morrison says her sister went missing in June 2006 - a unusual disappearance because she was a young mother. She says when their mom went to police, her sister was presumed to be "out...
Jun 06, 2019
Leaders of white supremacist prison gang charged in killings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were charged Thursday with directing killings and drug smuggling from within California's most secure prisons, U.S. prosecutors said. ...
Jun 06, 2019
Trudeau pushes ratification of new NAFTA despite U.S. tariff threat on Mexico
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is moving forward with ratifying the new North American trade deal despite fresh tensions between Mexico and the United States. He says Canada i...
Jun 06, 2019
Ebus proposes new services to Salmon Arm, Prince George from Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Ebus, which began operating passenger bus service in Kamloops in the wake of Greyhound's departure last fall, wants to expand its route offerings.In a news release, the company says it has ...
Jun 06, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Toronto Wolfpack forward Darcy Lussick barred entry by British customs
TORONTO - The complexities of being a transatlantic rugby league team were highlighted this week with British border officials refusing entry to Toronto Wolfpack forward Darcy Lussick. The 29-year-old...
Jun 06, 2019
China wants to fix 'serious difficulties' with Canada by meeting halfway: envoy
OTTAWA - China's ambassador to Canada says his government wants to end the countries' impasse but won't give way on two of Canada's major complaints. "Indeed, the bilateral relatio...
Jun 06, 2019
Philippines lifts Canadian travel ban but no return of ambassador yet
OTTAWA - The Philippines is slowly normalizing diplomatic relations with Canada now that the trash tiff of 2019 has come to a close. Philippine executive secretary Salvador Medialdea issued a memo to ...
Jun 06, 2019
Dasan Brown becomes first Canadian selected in MLB draft, going to Blue Jays
The first Canadian selected in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft was picked by the country's lone big-league team. The Toronto Blue Jays took Oakville, Ont., outfielder Dasan Brown in the third rou...
Jun 06, 2019
