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Flag raising at B.C. legislature honours residential school survivors, lost children
VICTORIA - Fresh fall winds helped mark a flag-raising ceremony today at the British Columbia legislature honouring residential school survivors and remembering children who never came home. The orang...
Sep 25, 2023
Flag raising at B.C. legislature honours residential school survivors, lost children
VICTORIA - Fresh fall winds helped mark a flag-raising ceremony today at the British Columbia legislature honouring residential school survivors and remembering children who never came home. The orang...
Sep 25, 2023
Bahrain says attack by Yemen rebels kills one Bahraini officer and one soldier on the Saudi border
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Bahrain's military command says one of its officers and a soldier were killed in a drone attack by Yemeni rebels while patrolling the Yemeni-Saudi border. The statem...
Sep 25, 2023
Head of Alta commission on Rocky Mountain coal mining concerned over new applications
At least two members of the group that recommended a pause on coal mining in Alberta's Rocky Mountains are concerned the province's regulator appears to have accepted applications to renew a project t...
Sep 25, 2023
Raiders' Garoppolo is in concussion protocol, putting his start for Chargers game in question
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) - Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is in concussion protocol, putting his status in question for when Las Vegas visits the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. Garoppolo was injured...
Sep 25, 2023
B.C. premier in Ottawa to discuss wildfires, infrastructure, clean energy
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby and six of his cabinet ministers are in Ottawa for two days to meet with federal policymakers on issues including housing, wildfires, and floods. Eby's of...
Sep 25, 2023
Lahaina residents begin returning to sites of homes destroyed by deadly wildfire
HONOLULU (AP) - Some Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks ago. Authorities allowed res...
Sep 25, 2023
Container shipments drop 14% at Port of Vancouver as consumer demand falls
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says container shipments are falling, as consumer demand weakens amid a sputtering economy. The authority says container shipment volume at the Port of ...
Sep 25, 2023
Nanaimo RCMP trying to identify pickup truck driver after highway crash with motorcycle
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are appealing to the public for more information, along with any dash cam video, from a serious motorcycle incident.A man was taken to hospital with serious, life-threatening ...
Sep 25, 2023
Military drops sexual misconduct charge against Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan
GATINEAU, Que. - The military has dropped a charge related to alleged sexual misconduct against Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan, who was removed from his job as head of military personnel in 2021 after the alle...
Sep 25, 2023