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Interior B.C. library adds radon detector kits to its borrowing options
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Residents in parts of British Columbia's southern Interior will only need a valid library card if they want access to a tool that could help make their homes safer. The Thompson-Nicol...
Feb 9, 2022
Wildfire destroys Lytton's governance records; B.C. gives OK to rewrite bylaws
VICTORIA - British Columbia has introduced legislation that will allow the fire-ravaged community of Lytton to replace and rewrite its governance laws destroyed in the disaster. Municipal Affairs Mini...
Feb 9, 2022
Experienced winger Fraser Aird makes third CPL stop, this time with Cavalry FC
Cavalry FC added experience and versatility on Wednesday by signing winger Fraser Aird. Calgary will be the third Canadian Premier League stop for the 27-year-old, who has also played for Valour FC an...
Feb 9, 2022
Barge grounded at Vancouver's English Bay in November storms to be disassembled
VANCOUVER - A barge that had been the subject of jokes and the star of many photos after becoming stuck on a popular Vancouver beach during a severe storm in November is on its way out. The City of Va...
Feb 9, 2022
Barge grounded at Vancouver's English Bay in November storms to be disassembled
VANCOUVER - A barge that had been the subject of jokes and the star of many photos after becoming stuck on a popular Vancouver beach during a severe storm in November is on its way out. The City of Va...
Feb 9, 2022
Dentist in N.L. let correctional officer pull 'one or more' teeth from sedated inmate
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A dentist with practices across Atlantic Canada has been sanctioned in Newfoundland and Labrador for allowing a correctional officer to extract "one or more" teeth from a sedated in...
Feb 9, 2022
Lawyers for arrestees at B.C. old-growth logging protest seek stay in proceedings
NANAIMO, B.C. - A lawyer for several people arrested for breaching an injunction during protests over old-growth logging on Vancouver Island wants the charges against her clients and others arrested t...
Feb 9, 2022
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon tests positive for COVID-19, has mild symptoms
OTTAWA - Canada's Governor General has tested positive for COVID-19. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says in a statement on Twitter that she tested positive Wednesday morning and is experiencing mild symptoms. S...
Feb 9, 2022
Quebec man arrested after four-day Amber Alert pleads guilty to 14 charges
MONTREAL - A Quebec man who kidnapped his three-year-old son and was the subject of a manhunt over several days last summer has pleaded guilty to 14 charges. The province's prosecution service says th...
Feb 9, 2022
Senators strike bipartisan deal on domestic violence bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a proposal Wednesday to reauthorize the 1990s-era law that extends protections for victims of domestic and sexual violence after it lap...
Feb 9, 2022