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All former youth in care in B.C. now eligible for education tuition waivers: minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia has expanded its tuition waiver program to include all former youth in government care enrolling in post-secondary education. Selina Robinson, post-secondary education and ...
Sep 14, 2023
All former youth in care in B.C. now eligible for education tuition waivers: minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia has expanded its tuition waiver program to include all former youth in government care enrolling in post-secondary education. Selina Robinson, post-secondary education and ...
Sep 14, 2023
NHLPA execs meeting with Blue Jackets players over Babcock reports
The NHL Players' Association says its executive director and assistant executive director are in Columbus, Ohio, to investigate reports of Blue Jackets head coach Mike Babcock invading players' privac...
Sep 14, 2023
Brazil's top court imposes 17-year sentence, in first case against rioters who stormed the capital
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday handed a 17-year prison sentence to a supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed top government offices on Jan. 8 in an alleged bid to...
Sep 14, 2023
Death toll soars to 11,300 in flooding in Libya's coastal city of Derna, Libyan Red Crescent says
DERNA, Libya (AP) - The Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday that the death toll from floods in Libya's eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300, as search efforts continue, Marie el-Drese, Secr...
Sep 14, 2023
More evacuation orders coming down around West Kelowna, B.C., wildfire
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - The area under evacuation order around a wildfire in West Kelowna, B.C., is gradually shrinking. The Central Okanagan emergency operations centre says residents of 16 properties a...
Sep 14, 2023
One arrested, two dead, as RCMP probe homicide in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - RCMP in Chilliwack, B.C., say they are investigating a double homicide. A statement from the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment says officers were called to reports of shots fi...
Sep 14, 2023
Republican-led Wisconsin Senate votes to fire state's nonpartisan top elections official
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Thursday to fire the battleground state's nonpartisan top elections official ahead of a 2024 presidential election. Democrats say ...
Sep 14, 2023
Youth arrested for bear-spray attack on Sikh teen in Kelowna, B.C.: RCMP
KELOWNA - RCMP say they've arrested a youth after a bear-spray attack on a Sikh teenager who was riding a bus in Kelowna, B.C. Corp. Michael Gauthier with Kelowna RCMP says in a statement that video s...
Sep 14, 2023
Lemur on the loose! Video shows police chasing critter that escaped in Missouri
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Bounding through a darkened city park, a lemur managed to stay one step ahead of police officers armed only with a large towel. Bodycam video shows the two officers' attempts t...
Sep 14, 2023