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Almost 86% of B.C. residents five and up have first dose of vaccine
VICTORIA - B.C. health officials are reporting 379 new cases of COVID-19 and six new deaths. The Health Ministry says in a news release Wednesday that there are 2,874 active cases of COVID-19, with 22...
Dec 8, 2021
Manitoba elder Dave Courchene Jr., founder of Indigenous education centre, dies at 71
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba elder who founded an internationally recognized centre that shares Indigenous knowledge and teachings died Wednesday at age 71. The Turtle Lodge Centre of Excellence in Indigenou...
Dec 8, 2021
Three NDP MPs sign petition criticizing B.C.'s NDP government over pipeline protests
OTTAWA - Three federal New Democrat MPs have signed a petition denouncing British Columbia's NDP government for its handling of an Indigenous protest at a pipeline work site and voicing distress at th...
Dec 8, 2021
Meadows sues as Jan. 6 panel proceeds with contempt case
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Wednesday sued the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection as the chairman of the panel pledged to move ...
Dec 8, 2021
B.C. giving $1 million to wildfire-ravaged Lytton to help with recovery
LYTTON, B.C. - The British Columbia government says it is immediately providing a grant of $1 million to support the Village of Lytton as it recovers from a destructive wildfire last summer. The fast-...
Dec 8, 2021
Seniors advocate calls for reporting line for abuse and neglect amid rising reports
VICTORIA - British Columbia's seniors advocate is calling for a provincewide approach for reporting seniors abuse amid complaints that are "significantly rising." Isobel Mackenzie says there is a clea...
Dec 8, 2021
Congress set to change military sexual assault prosecutions
WASHINGTON (AP) - After years of debate, Congress is on track to change how the U.S. military handles sexual assault cases, by taking some authority out of the hands of commanders and instead using in...
Dec 8, 2021
Some Hamilton football fans still give former Ticat O'Shea the gears for leaving town
HAMILTON - He's been gone since 2000 but it seems some Hamilton football fans still haven't forgiven Mike O'Shea for leaving the Tiger-Cats. O'Shea had two separate stints as a linebacker with Hamilto...
Dec 8, 2021
Quebec committee says Alzheimer's patients should get access to doctor-assisted death
QUEBEC - A Quebec committee of elected officials says anyone diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease should be able to sign an advance request for medical aid in dying. That is the main recommendation prop...
Dec 8, 2021
Tories reject proposed compromise to allow MPs to see documents on fired scientists
OTTAWA - The Conservatives have rejected a proposed compromise to resolve a long-running dispute over the disclosure of secret documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada's highest sec...
Dec 8, 2021