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GINTA: Rules and common sense can make our roads safer, but that's not enough
THERE IS HARDLY A WEEK OR WEEKEND that goes by without news of car crashes on our highways or within city limits. Too many of them are fatal. Whether you are a driver, passenger, cyclist or pedestrian...
Jul 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Mercury tops out on top of the world: Alert, Nunavut, warmer than Victoria
Weather watchers are focused on the world's most northerly community which has been experiencing some record-breaking heat. Canadian Forces Station Alert recorded a temperature of 20 C on Su...
Jul 15, 2019
Trudeau stresses balancing economy, environment during brief Stampede visit
CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told Liberal supporters their party is best positioned to get major projects like the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion built because it...
Jul 15, 2019
Diddy's 'Making the Band' officially coming back to TV
NEW YORK - Diddy's "Making the Band" is officially coming back to TV. The music mogul announced Monday that the hit series, where he discovered groups including platinum-sellers Danity Kane, would ret...
Jul 15, 2019
Barbie goes glam rock to honour David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust
NEW YORK - Barbie has been many things over the years. Now, she's dressed as Ziggy Stardust. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the release of David Bowie's iconic "Space Oddity," Barbie overse...
Jul 15, 2019
Venom drop Game 2, South Okanagan can wrap up first league title on Tuesday
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Venom are on the brink of elimination in the Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League final. The Venom lost 12-9 on Sunday night in Oliver to the South Okanagan Flames. The Fla...
Jul 15, 2019 The Kamloops Venom are down 2-0 in the best-of-five championship series following Sunday's 12-9 defeat in Game 2 on Sunday.
Anglican Church rejects same-sex marriage amendment; will not add policy to national laws
The Anglican Church of Canada has voted down a proposal to bless same-sex marriage across the denomination, though branches of the church in each province will still be able to make up their...
Jul 15, 2019
Early morning crash near Falkland kills driver of pickup truck
FALKLAND, B.C. - One man is dead after an early morning crash near Falkland.RCMP E-Division Traffic Services spokesman Cpl. Mike Halskov says the crash happened at about 5:35 a.m. off Highway 97 near ...
Jul 15, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Trial begins for Alberta youth charged with shooting German tourist
CALGARY - A court has heard that a German tourist shot while driving on a highway west of Calgary last year had eight bullet fragments removed from his brain during surgery. A trial has begun for...
Jul 15, 2019
Search for missing Quebec businessman, son stretches into fifth day
MONTREAL - Provincial police today dispatched a sonar-equipped boat to a reservoir to look for signs of a missing helicopter carrying a Quebec businessman and his teenage son who f...
Jul 15, 2019
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