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House approves bill to help West fight wildfires, drought
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Friday approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at helping communities in the West cope with increasingly severe wildfires and drought - fueled by climate change - that h...
Jul 29, 2022
'Breaking Bad' statues shine light on actors, Albuquerque
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Bronze statues of mythical methamphetamine cookers Walter White and Jesse Pinkman were installed at a convention center in Albuquerque on Friday to celebrate the "Breaking Bad" T...
Jul 29, 2022
New agreement opens up extensive portions of Mosaic land for local ATV riders
NANAIMO - Local ATV riders are celebrating a new relationship agreement which is opening up considerably more land for them to legally ride on.The deal between Mosaic Forest Management and ATV BC will...
Jul 29, 2022
House passes semi-automatic gun ban after 18-year lapse
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass ...
Jul 29, 2022
May readies Green leadership bid, asked MP Mike Morrice to consider running: sources
OTTAWA - Elizabeth May, who is preparing a bid for the leadership of the Green Party, first asked the only other Green MP if he would consider taking the helm before she decided to apply for her old j...
Jul 29, 2022
Deleted bookmark led to child pornography site that depicted Amanda Todd: Crown
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A Crown attorney says a device seized from the home of the Dutch man accused of harassing British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd contained a deleted bookmark to a child pornogra...
Jul 29, 2022
Deleted bookmark led to child pornography site that depicted Amanda Todd: Crown
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A Crown attorney says a device seized from the home of the Dutch man accused of harassing British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd contained a deleted bookmark to a child pornogra...
Jul 29, 2022
Overnight closures at Hwy. 4 Kennedy Hill work site briefly resuming
NANAIMO - Crews nearing the finish line of extensive upgrades to Hwy. 4, east of Tofino and Ucluelet, are resuming some extended closures.Between Wednesday, Aug. 3 and Friday, Aug. 5, the highway will...
Jul 29, 2022
Former sport minister Duncan has zero faith Hocky Canada can clean up its sport
TORONTO - As a former gymnast who has seen the darker side of that sport, Kirsty Duncan's mandate was to try to eradicate abuse in Canadian sport. Duncan, who was Canada's sport minister from 2015 to ...
Jul 29, 2022
Canada's ambassador to Ukraine working off-site in Kyiv due to security concerns
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the flag over the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv in May and announced it was reopening for business. But nearly three months on, Canada's ambassador to Ukraine ...
Jul 29, 2022