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Human remains discovered near Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Human remains have been discovered just west of Williams Lake.North District RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says a fisherman made the discovery yesterday in the river near the Shee...
Aug 29, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Oklahoma opioid ruling could pressure pharma companies to settle in BC: experts
VANCOUVER - An Oklahoma court ruling that found Johnson & Johnson helped fuel the state's opioid crisis and ordered the company to pay US$572 million could persuade drug manufacturers to...
Aug 29, 2019
St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Binnington enjoying spotlight after long road
TORONTO - Jordan Binnington used to fly under the radar as he methodically went about his summer training. After a head-turning, seemingly-out-of-nowhere rookie campaign capped by a Stanley Cup v...
Aug 29, 2019
Billboard company 'appalled' no one taking ownership of Bernier ads
OTTAWA - The owner of the billboards that featured ads promoting Maxime Bernier and his stance on immigration said they would have stayed up had the third-party group that paid for them not left his c...
Aug 29, 2019
Ottawa, B.C. to push electrification of gas industry to cut carbon emissions
SURREY, B.C. - The federal and British Columbia governments want to power the production of the natural gas industry in the province using electricity. As part of an agreement announced Thursday, the ...
Aug 29, 2019
Ottawa, B.C. to push electrification of gas industry to cut carbon emissions
SURREY, B.C. - The federal and British Columbia governments want to power the production of the natural gas industry in the province using electricity. As part of an agreement announced Thursday, the ...
Aug 29, 2019
Quebec boards say they have more classes than teachers as kids return to school
MONTREAL - As thousands of Quebec students return to class this week, school boards say they're short of teachers to educate them. Gina Guillemette, a spokeswoman for the Montreal-area ...
Aug 29, 2019
Erin bringing heavy rain to parts of the Maritimes, warnings in effect
HALIFAX - The remnants of post-tropical storm Erin were expected to bring heavy rain overnight to a fairly narrow band of the western Maritimes. Bob Robichaud, warning preparedness meteorologist ...
Aug 29, 2019
Ambrose disagrees with Scheer's assertion that Trudeau caved to Trump on NAFTA
OTTAWA - The Conservatives' former leader doesn't agree with the current leader's assertion that Canada got taken to the cleaners by Donald Trump on the renegotiated NAFTA. Rona Ambrose, who was inter...
Aug 29, 2019
Canadian-trained all-female military unit going through paces in Jordan
OTTAWA - As thousands of troops from more than two dozen countries kick off an annual military exercise in the Middle Eastern country of Jordan amid heightened tensions between the West and Iran, Cana...
Aug 29, 2019
