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Canada must help Tigrayans in Ethiopia, call for transitional government: Advocates
TORONTO - Advocates from the Tigrayan community in Canada are calling on Ottawa to open its embassy in Addis Ababa to their relatives, who are seeking protection amid a conflict with the Ethiopian gov...
Nov 08, 2021
Pistorius up for parole, but he must meet victim's parents
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Eight years after he shot dead his girlfriend, Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius is up for parole, but first he must meet with her parents. Pistorius, a world-famous double...
Nov 08, 2021
Pistorius up for parole, but he must meet victim's parents
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Eight years after he shot dead his girlfriend, Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius is up for parole, but first he must meet with her parents. Pistorius, a world-famous double...
Nov 08, 2021
Environment Canada working to confirm possible weekend tornado over Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is examining all available evidence as meteorologists try to confirm if a rare and powerful tornado touched down Saturday on Vancouver's west side. The weather office co...
Nov 08, 2021
Environment Canada working to confirm possible weekend tornado over Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is examining all available evidence as meteorologists try to confirm if a rare and powerful tornado touched down Saturday on Vancouver's west side. The weather office co...
Nov 08, 2021
Inquest concludes into police-involved deaths of mother and son in northern B.C.
SMITHERS, B.C. - A coroner's jury examining the police-involved shootings of a mother and her adult son in northern British Columbia has made five recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths. T...
Nov 08, 2021
Erin O'Toole says COVID-19 vaccine comments by Tory MPs Gladu, Lewis are not helpful
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says comments about vaccines by some members of his caucus are not helpful and are spreading uncertainty about immunization against COVID-19. O'Toole told a n...
Nov 08, 2021
Donations pour in after Nanaimo Mountain Bike Club robbed of tools
NANAIMO - A member of the Nanaimo Mountain Bike Club (NMBC) planning to carry out trail maintenance was instead greeted by a break-in to a storage container.Numerous hand tools and other trail buildin...
Nov 08, 2021
Quebec City mayoral candidate concedes after declaring victory on election night
MONTREAL - A Quebec City mayoral candidate who declared victory on election night has conceded. The party of Marie-Jose Savard issued a statement this morning congratulating rival Bruno Marchand for h...
Nov 08, 2021
Quebec seniors minister ill, won't appear at inquest into COVID long-term care deaths
MONTREAL - Quebec's seniors minister will not appear before a coroner's inquest investigating deaths in the long-term care system during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Marguerite Blais is on...
Nov 08, 2021