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Andre the handsome cat is looking for a warm home to frolic in
NANAIMO - Meet Andre, a gorgeous three-year-old Domestic Short-hair indoor cat looking for a place to stay warm this winter.Andre is a kind and friendly fur baby, eager for pets and always ready to pl...
Feb 04, 2025
Drug deaths in B.C. drop 13 per cent, hitting four-year low of 2,253
VICTORIA - The BC Coroners Service says toxic drug deaths in British Columbia were down 13 per cent last year, with the toll now lower than any year since 2020. Chief Coroner Dr. Jatinder Baidwan says...
Feb 04, 2025
B.C. human rights commissioner wants study of police in schools after board's firing
VICTORIA - British Columbia's human rights commissioner says the provincial government has effectively made police liaison programs mandatory in schools with its firing of the Greater Victoria school ...
Feb 04, 2025
Ontario artist's Super Bowl football design celebrates Indigenous culture
Growing up, Quentin Commanda dreamt of playing in the NFL and reaching the Super Bowl. The pro football career never happened, but Commanda is closer to Super Bowl LIX than most. On Monday, the NFL un...
Feb 04, 2025
Drug deaths in B.C. drop 13 per cent, hitting four-year low of 2,253
VICTORIA - The BC Coroners Service says toxic drug deaths in British Columbia were down 13 per cent last year, with the toll now lower than any year since 2020. Chief Coroner Dr. Jatinder Baidwan says...
Feb 04, 2025
Quebec premier says North American free-trade agreement should be reopened now
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says talks should begin as soon as possible on renegotiating the North American free-trade agreement. Legault made the comments today in a special statement to t...
Feb 04, 2025
Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to oversee US spy agencies, clears Senate committee
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to be President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence cleared a key Senate committee Tuesday despite concerns raised about her past comments sym...
Feb 04, 2025
Ottawa defends its use of Emergencies Act before Federal Court of Appeal
OTTAWA - A lawyer for the federal government says a judge mistakenly concluded it was unreasonable for the government to use the Emergencies Act in 2022 to quell protests in the national capital and a...
Feb 04, 2025
Remains of all 67 victims the deadly plane and chopper collision near Washington have been recovered
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - The remains of all 67 victims of midair collision near Reagan National Airport have been recovered, authorities said Tuesday. The chief medical examiner is still trying to positi...
Feb 04, 2025
Trump says he's given advisers instructions for Iran to be 'obliterated' if it assassinates him
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's given his advisers instructions to obliterate Iran if it assassinates him. "If they did that they would be obliterated," Trump said in a...
Feb 04, 2025