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Lifetime teaching ban for former B.C. school counsellor after child porn conviction
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A former high-school counsellor has been given a lifetime ban from teaching in British Columbia after he was convicted of possessing child pornography. A document outlining an ...
Feb 26, 2025
SD68 responds to sporadic alert concerns following recent earthquake
NANAIMO - A recent earthquake hitting coastal B.C. on Friday has some people why their phones received an alert while others didn't, and why certain schools were evacuated and others continued without...
Feb 26, 2025
Lifetime teaching ban for former B.C. school counsellor after child porn conviction
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A former high-school counsellor has been given a lifetime ban from teaching in British Columbia after he was convicted of possessing child pornography. A document outlining an ...
Feb 26, 2025
Canada coach tells Trump to lay off 'ridiculous rhetoric' of Canada as a 51st state
Canada soccer coach Jesse Marsch waded into politics Wednesday, telling United States President Donald Trump to "lay off the ridiculous rhetoric about Canada being a 51st state." The 51-year-old Marsc...
Feb 26, 2025
Oilers reclaim defenceman Travis Dermott off waivers from Wild
EDMONTON - Travis Dermott is back with the Edmonton Oilers. The club plucked the defenceman off waivers from the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday after having him claimed earlier this season. The 28-year-o...
Feb 26, 2025
Quebec caps international students but is hazy on numbers
MONTREAL - Quebec is taking steps to cut the number of international students in the province, but can't say by how many. The government will issue a maximum of around 124,000 acceptance certificates ...
Feb 26, 2025
'Beautiful Violence:' champs Muhammad, Shevchenko excited for UFC's Montreal return
MONTREAL - Ultimate Fighting Championship stars Belal Muhammad and Valentina Shevchenko prepared for their trip to Montreal by watching a 4 Nations Face-Off matchup at the Bell Centre between Canada a...
Feb 26, 2025
Crown says accused in Quebec daycare deaths not criminally responsible
LAVAL, Que. - The man accused of killing two children and injuring six others when the transit bus he was driving crashed into a Montreal-area daycare two years ago should be found not criminally resp...
Feb 26, 2025
Canada, Germany working on diversifying trade in face of U.S. threats
OTTAWA - Canadian companies and diplomats are working with their European colleagues to find ways to diversify trade as the U.S. threatens to impose steep tariffs. Germany's Ambassador to Canada Tjorv...
Feb 26, 2025
Justice minister orders new trial for Alberta man convicted of murder in 1991
OTTAWA - The federal justice minister has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of second-degree murder in Alberta more than three decades ago. Roy Allan Sobotiak was sentenced to life imprisonment ...
Feb 26, 2025