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Quebec minister for relations with Canada criticized for deleting texts with Ottawa
Quebec's minister responsible for relations with Canada is defending her decision to erase text messages between herself and her federal counterpart, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc...
Jun 09, 2022

Bedridden senior dies in central Nanaimo house fire
NANAIMO - The resident of a Diver Lake area home died after being unable to escape a fire.Emergency services including Nanaimo Fire Rescue, BC Emergency Health Services and Nanaimo RCMP attended to th...
Jun 09, 2022

SD68 poised to re-open Rutherford elementary & adjust catchment to address enrolment crunch
NANAIMO - Continued growth in the city's north end will likely force the re-opening of a school closed just a few years ago.School District 68's business committee voted unanimously for a proposal to ...
Jun 09, 2022

Air, water search underway after empty powerboat found drifting off Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A drifting and empty rental boat has prompted a full scale search in the waters off Vancouver. An official with the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre says the search began Wednesday aftern...
Jun 09, 2022

Virginia General Assembly tabling Commanders stadium bill
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The General Assembly is tabling for the year legislation intended to lure the Washington Commanders to Virginia, a top state lawmaker said Thursday. Democratic Senate Majority Lea...
Jun 09, 2022

Virginia General Assembly tabling Commanders stadium bill
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The General Assembly is tabling for the year legislation intended to lure the Washington Commanders to Virginia, a top state lawmaker said Thursday. Democratic Senate Majority Lea...
Jun 09, 2022

Official: 4 dead, 1 unaccounted for in Marine aircraft crash
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Four Marines were killed and another is missing after an Osprey aircraft crashed in the Southern California desert, a military official said Thursday, a day after the accident. The of...
Jun 09, 2022

Canada would need to spend $75.3B more to reach NATO defence spending target: PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government would need to spend an additional $75.3 billion on defence over the next five years for Canada to reach NATO's target of two per c...
Jun 09, 2022

Justice Department opens probe into Louisiana State Police
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department is opening a "pattern-or-practice" investigation into the Louisiana State Police amid mounting evidence that the agency has looked the other way in ...
Jun 09, 2022

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Crown drops case in shipbuilding leak trial
OTTAWA - The Crown is dropping its case against federal bureaucrat Matthew Matchett, accused of leaking secret cabinet documents about a $700-million shipbuilding contract. More coming. This report by...
Jun 09, 2022