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McKeever, Arendz highlight veteran Canadian Paralympic nordic team
OTTAWA - A veteran group of 12 athletes, including 2018 flag-bearers Brian McKeever and Mark Arendz, represent Canada at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. Canada's team announced Wednesday ...
Jan 26, 2022
Interior Fraser steelhead face extinction, warn B.C. fishing, conservation groups
VANCOUVER - Fishery and conservation groups in British Columbia warn a unique species of ocean-going trout faces a "severe conservation crisis" and must be added to Canada's Species at Risk Act. Fifte...
Jan 26, 2022
Integrated Homicide Investigations Team called after “serious incident” in Richmond
RICHMOND - The RCMP's Integrated Homicide Investigations Team (IHIT) has been called in following what police describe as a "serious incident" in Richmond.The bodies of four people were discovered in ...
Jan 26, 2022
B.C. Appeal Court extends injunction against protests at Fairy Creek until September
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Court of Appeal has overturned a lower-court ruling and extended an injunction against old-growth logging protests until September on Vancouver Island. A panel of three ...
Jan 26, 2022
B.C. Appeal Court extends injunction against protests at Fairy Creek until September
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Court of Appeal has overturned a lower-court ruling and extended an injunction against old-growth logging protests until September on Vancouver Island. A panel of three ...
Jan 26, 2022
Trudeau cabinet mulls new Russia-Ukraine moves as U.S. suggests new export controls
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's cabinet retreat wraps later today with pressure mounting on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take substantive new action on addressing the Ukraine-Russia crisis. The ...
Jan 26, 2022
Conservative MPs await results of election review — but don't expect to see it all
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs meeting for a two-day retreat say they don't expect to be shown the entire review into the party's election loss. Former Alberta MP James Cumming is set to present the findin...
Jan 26, 2022
Russia says US gives written response on Ukraine demands
MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian Foreign Ministry says the U.S. has delivered a written response to Moscow's security demands on Ukraine and NATO. The ministry said U.S. Ambassador to Moscow John Sullivan ha...
Jan 26, 2022
Sen. Warnock reports $9.8M raised to Herschel Walker's $5.4M
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock's campaign said Wednesday that he raised a hefty $9.8 million in the last quarter of 2021, nearly double the fundraising haul reported by the leadi...
Jan 26, 2022
Future of transit at stake, big-city mayors say in plea for federal funds
OTTAWA - Canada's big-city mayors are calling for the federal government's help to make up huge shortfalls in transit revenue that threaten to derail the nation's transit systems. The Big City Mayors'...
Jan 26, 2022