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Liberals look to tackle international student rackets as part of housing crisis
OTTAWA - Liberal cabinet ministers are suggesting the federal government is ready to tackle long-standing problems related to the international student program, including cases of fraud and exploitati...
Aug 23, 2023
Video captures 'incredibly rare' B.C. wildfire tornado over lake
LILLOOET, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service has shared a video showing what it calls an "incredibly rare" fire tornado, also known as a fire whirl, that was whipped up over Gun Lake in the Central Interi...
Aug 23, 2023
Video captures 'incredibly rare' B.C. wildfire tornado over lake
LILLOOET, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service has shared a video showing what it calls an "incredibly rare" fire tornado, also known as a fire whirl, that was whipped up over Gun Lake in the Central Interi...
Aug 23, 2023
Heavy rain helps douse Okanagan wildfires, as destruction becomes clearer
KELOWNA, B.C. - Firefighters in the Okanagan say heavy rain overnight has helped douse wildfires that forced the evacuation of thousands of people, as the cost of the devastating blazes becomes cleare...
Aug 23, 2023
Hospital worker fired after Indigenous woman's death should be reinstated: arbitrator
An arbitration tribunal has ordered the reinstatement of an orderly who was fired after an Indigenous woman filmed Quebec hospital staff insulting her as she died. Arbitrator Serge Brault says that wh...
Aug 23, 2023
CSPA clarifies statement on women's interim deal with Canada Soccer
The Canadian Soccer Players' Association has cleared the air on the interim deal the senior women's team struck with Canada Soccer in July. In a statement released Wednesday, the CSPA said that the co...
Aug 23, 2023
Officials say a jet crash in Russia kills 10 and Wagner chief was on passenger list
MOSCOW (AP) - A business jet en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed Wednesday, killing all 10 people on board, Russian emergency officials said. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the pa...
Aug 23, 2023
CFL's mid-season report shows attendance up in B.C., Montreal and Toronto
TORONTO - Attendance in the CFL's three major markets is up through the first half of the 2023 regular season. The CFL announced Wednesday the average game-day revenue in Toronto, B.C. and Montreal is...
Aug 23, 2023
As conservative premiers talk gender and kids, Poilievre's grassroots ask same of him
OTTAWA - As conservative premiers change the rules around pronoun use in schools, members of the federal Conservative grassroots want Pierre Poilievre to wade further into the debate around gender. A ...
Aug 23, 2023
Ford, Edmonton Elks look to break CFL-record 22-game home losing streak
It's one long losing streak down, one more to go for Tre Ford and the Edmonton Elks. Ford guided Edmonton to a 24-10 road win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats last week. The Elks' first victory of the sea...
Aug 23, 2023