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Cathedral Grove re-opens with COVID protocols after extended closure
PARKSVILLE - Perimeter fencing has been removed and visitors are allowed back to a premium Vancouver Island tourism draw.A ministry of environment statement confirmed Macmillan Provincial Park re-open...
Jul 02, 2021
Liberals keeping close eye on rapid-housing program revamp for future, Hussen says
OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of building affordable housing says projects left waiting cap-in-hand when the program they applied to ran out of funds will be at the front of the queue during...
Jul 02, 2021
Parties rake in millions in donations despite pandemic, padding campaign war chests
OTTAWA - Federal parties appear to have seen a drop in their fundraising in 2020, a year when the pandemic dented donations of all kinds. The Conservative return shows that the party pulled in more th...
Jul 02, 2021
Some Lytton residents still unaccounted for after wildfire evacuation
LYTTON - The search continues today for multiple residents of a village in British Columbia's Interior that was decimated by a wildfire this week. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth hasn't said how...
Jul 02, 2021
Dozens of fires sparked after evening lightning storm through Interior, Lytton all-but-destroyed
KAMLOOPS - Local Fire Rescue crews had a busy night battling a large fire, which appeared to ignite from an evening lightning stormThe fire started in a wooded area east of the city. At one point RCMP...
Jul 02, 2021
Veteran Toronto police officer killed, other officer injured in 'deliberate act'
TORONTO - A veteran police officer has died after he was struck by a vehicle in "an intentional and deliberate act" that left another officer injured, Toronto police said Friday. Interim police Chief ...
Jul 02, 2021
Canada's Ben LeSage returns to test rugby after exiting World Cup with broken hand
The last time Ben LeSage played for Canada, he broke his hand. And kept playing. It happened four minutes into Canada's opening match at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, a 48-7 loss to Italy on Sept. 26 in F...
Jul 02, 2021
Some Lytton, B.C., residents still unaccounted for after wildfire evacuation
LYTTON, B.C. - The search continued Friday for multiple residents of a village in British Columbia's Interior that was decimated by a wildfire this week. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth hasn't s...
Jul 02, 2021
Some Lytton, B.C., residents still unaccounted for after wildfire evacuation
LYTTON, B.C. - The search continued Friday for multiple residents of a village in British Columbia's Interior that was decimated by a wildfire this week. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth hasn't s...
Jul 02, 2021
Can't enter Canada now? Don't try on Monday, border agency warns would-be travellers
WASHINGTON - The agency that guards Canada's borders is putting would-be travellers on notice: if you're not eligible to enter the country now, you won't be on Monday. That's the clear message from th...
Jul 02, 2021