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Allan Schoenborn
Review hearing underway for Merritt child killer
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A review hearing for B.C. child-killer Allan Schoenborn is being held Wednesday morning in Coquitlam.Schoenborn was found not criminally responsible for killing his three young children 14 years ago.He stabbed and smothered his 10-year-old daughter and eight- and five-year-old sons in Merritt in April...
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Provincial Politics
Sunderman to carry Green Party banner in Kamloops Centre
KAMLOOPS - The BC Green Party has revealed the identity of one of its Kamloops candidates for the upcoming provincial election.In a news release issued Wednesday (Apr. 17), the party says Randy Sunderman will carry the Green banner in Kamloops Centre.Sunderman is described as an experienced economic consultant and long...
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Missing Person
Kamloops man reported missing in November found dead in Thompson River; no criminality suspected: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say the death of a local man whose body was found in the Thompson River this week is not believed to be suspicious.In a news release, spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says the Kamloops RCMP detachment received a report Tuesday (Apr. 16) that a person's body was spotted by occupants of a helicopter flyin...
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Moth Spraying
Invasive spongy moths target of May spray program in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Portions of Kamloops' downtown and West End neighbourhoods will be the targets of aerial spray treatments to remove spongy moths. B.C.'s Ministry of Forests states that an area of 80 hectares within Kamloops will be sprayed on May 6 or 7. Image credit: B.C. Ministry of ForestsIn a news release issued Wednesd...
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Officer in charge tells inquest everything possible was done to save B.C. hostage
BURNABY, B.C. - The officer in charge when police in Surrey, B.C., killed a hostage taker and the woman he was holding says he believes he did everything possible to save her. RCMP Insp. Blair White told a coroner's inquest the suspect, Randy Crosson, gave officers a deadline on when he would kill Nona McEwan, and a me...
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B.C. killer seeks to attend sentencing by video as lawyer cites safety concerns
VANCOUVER - A defence lawyer for Ibrahim Ali, who was convicted of first-degree murder of a 13-year-old girl in Burnaby, B.C., says the man wants to appear at his sentencing hearing by video over fear for his safety. Kevin McCollough told a B.C. Supreme Court judge that Ali's attendance in person poses "real safe...
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Western Forest Products indefinitely curtails Alberni Pacific Division facility
VANCOUVER - Western Forest Products Inc. says it's indefinitely curtailing operations at its Alberni Pacific Division facility. The Vancouver-based company says the facility has been temporarily curtailed since the fall of 2022. In January 2023, Western Forest Products confirmed the mill would not restart "in its ...
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Unifor withdraws Amazon union applications, citing 'suspiciously high' employee data
VANCOUVER - Unifor says it's temporarily withdrawing its applications to represent workers at two Vancouver-area Amazon facilities, accusing the e-commerce giant of providing a "suspiciously high" employee count. The union announced last week it had filed two applications with the B.C. Labour Relations Board...
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B.C. coroner's jury hears from victim's son about night of fatal hostage taking
BURNABY, B.C. - The son of a woman killed in a hostage standoff in Surrey, B.C., in 2019 says he stood a block away watching as a "tank" was brought in, and heard multiple flashbangs going off on the night his mother was accidentally shot by police. Brandon McEwen told the jury on the first day of a coroners ...
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B.C. construction sector seeks support as workers shortage, late payments persist
VICTORIA - British Columbia's construction industry says its workforce numbers have improved in recent years, but labour shortages persist and are putting "extreme pressures" on employers. The BC Construction Association says the shortage of qualified workers has pushed the average annual wage in the sector t...
Apr 16, 2024
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Canada
Health minister pitches dental-care changes to get dentists onside
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland is announcing tweaks to Ottawa's new dental-care plan in a bid to get more dentists, hygienists and oral-health care providers to participate. Dental and hygienists associations say their members have been slow to sign up to provide care under the new federal program, even though 1...
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'Heart breaks': Advocates say new disability benefit still leaves people in poverty
Advocates say a disability benefit that was supposed to be a historic move to lift people out of poverty turned out to be a disappointment in the federal budget. The new Canada Disability Benefit will provide a maximum of $2,400 a year-or $200 a month - for low-income people with disabilities. The benefit is expected ...
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Officer in charge tells inquest everything possible was done to save B.C. hostage
BURNABY, B.C. - The officer in charge when police in Surrey, B.C., killed a hostage taker and the woman he was holding says he believes he did everything possible to save her. RCMP Insp. Blair White told a coroner's inquest the suspect, Randy Crosson, gave officers a deadline on when he would kill Nona McEwan, and a me...
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Too early for conclusions on integrity of last two elections, MP Chong tells inquiry
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michael Chong is urging a federal inquiry to refrain from making final conclusions about the integrity of the last two general elections, saying it is too early to do so. The commission of inquiry recently wrapped up hearings on possible foreign interference by China, India, Russia and others ...
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All federal ministers will participate in process to find 5,000 jobs to cut: Anand
OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Anita Anand says no government ministry and agency will be left out of the process of cutting 5,000 public-service positions. Anand, who is responsible for much of the public service, says all ministers will be expected to participate in the cost-cutting plan, not just the biggest dep...
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Capital gains are going to be taxed more, and these economists say it's a good thing
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is going to change how capital gains are taxed in Canada, which will affect corporations and the country's wealthiest individuals. The federal budget presented Tuesday proposes taxing two-thirds rather than one-half of capital gains - which refers to profit made on the sale of assets. T...
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World
House's Ukraine, Israel aid package gains Biden's support as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he strongly supports a proposal from House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Republican Speaker Johnson, facing a choice between losing his job and funding Ukraine, notified lawmakers earlier that he would forge ahead for votes o...
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Schumer says he'll move to end Mayorkas' impeachment trial in the Senate as soon as it begins
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that he will move to dismiss impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a move that would end the Senate trial before arguments even begin. Schumer, D-N.Y., said that the two articles of impeachment brought against th...
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USA Basketball announces its men's team for the Paris Olympics
LeBron James is going back to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years. Stephen Curry is headed to the games for the first time. Kevin Durant will go there with his eyes on history. And they're just part of a star-studded roster the Americans have assembled for the Paris Games. USA Basketball announced its men's Oly...
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Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from a Myanmar prison to house arrest due to heat wave
BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar's jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said. Suu Kyi, 78, and Win Myint, the 72-year-old former president of her ousted government, were among the elderly and infirm prisoners moved from ou...
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Bob Graham, ex-US senator and Florida governor, dies at 87
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 87. Graham's family announced the death Tuesday in a sta...
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Shomari Figures wins Democratic nomination in Alabama's 2nd Congressional District
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Shomari Figures, a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, has won the Democratic nomination in a runoff for Alabama's 2nd Congressional District. Figures defeated state House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels and will face the Republican nominee in the closely watched November g...
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