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B.C. RCMP announce corruption, drug trafficking charges against former constable
SURREY, B.C. - The B.C. RCMP says a former probationary constable at the force's Surrey detachment has been charged with multiple offences after a months-long corruption investigation. Mounties say th...
Jul 07, 2023
'Effects being felt all over:' port strike clogging cargo routes as striking workers hold steady
NANAIMO - Striking port workers along Canada's west coast entered their seventh day of job action, as talks between the two sides appear to be stalled. More than 7,000 members of the International Lon...
Jul 07, 2023
Francophonie ministers stress collaboration on official languages action plan
VANCOUVER - Ministers have wrapped up a meeting in Vancouver with the hope of increasing francophone immigration and addressing the decline of French across Canada. The Ministers' Council on the Canad...
Jul 07, 2023
Interim coach Terry Dunfield looking for TFC breakthrough: 'We need to start winning'
TORONTO - Terry Dunfield fired a ball from 25 yards out that clipped the crossbar of an empty goal. Toronto FC's interim head coach jokingly celebrated the pre-training skill display before joining hi...
Jul 07, 2023
Francophonie ministers stress collaboration on official languages action plan
VANCOUVER - Ministers have wrapped up a meeting in Vancouver with the hope of increasing francophone immigration and addressing the decline of French across Canada. The Ministers' Council on the Canad...
Jul 07, 2023
Quebec man charged for lighting multiple fires along Nanaimo Parkway
NANAIMO -A Quebec man who Nanaimo RCMP allege lit a series of fires along the Nanaimo Parkway has been charged. Kevin Frank Macey-Girard, 35, is accused of setting over a half-dozen small fires, which...
Jul 07, 2023
B.C. Lions look for spark after first loss of season to Toronto Argonauts
VANCOUVER - Vernon Adams Jr. admits he made mistakes against the Toronto Argonauts earlier this week as the B.C. Lions lost for the first time this season. The veteran quarterback, who threw six inter...
Jul 07, 2023
Searching landfill for remains of Indigenous women too complex for police: RCMP
OTTAWA - Internal emails show the former head of the RCMP believed police are not equipped to handle the complexities of searching a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of slain Indigenous women. T...
Jul 07, 2023
Whitecaps need to compete for 'entirety of the game': Sartini
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are hoping home comforts once again provide relief after a loss on the road. Vancouver (6-6-7) was blanked 3-0 by Sporting Kansas City on July 1, their eighth road ...
Jul 07, 2023
Coroner identifies second victim in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean landslide
MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner's office is confirming the identity of the woman killed in a landslide in the province's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region last weekend. Pascale Racine, 44, was one of two peop...
Jul 07, 2023