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B.C. Conservatives release education policy plans ahead of election day
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Conservatives have unveiled their education policy plans about six days before the Oct. 19 voting day. The plan includes reinstating provincial exams for Grade 10 and 12 students,...
Oct 13, 2024
Environment Canada issues rainfall warnings for B.C.'s north coast
Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for British Columbia's northern coast due to a strong frontal system moving through the region. It is warning that inland sections of the coast should ...
Oct 13, 2024
Canada falls 5-3 to US at Para Hockey Cup to earn silver
OSTRAVA - Canada earned a third consecutive silver medal after falling 5-3 to the United States at the International Para Hockey Cup on Sunday. Auren Halbert, Dominic Cozzolino and James Dunn scored f...
Oct 13, 2024
Man with loaded gun arrested at checkpoint near Donald Trump's weekend rally in Southern California
COACHELLA, Calif. (AP) - A Nevada man with a shotgun, a loaded handgun and ammunition in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump's rally Saturday night in the Southern C...
Oct 13, 2024
Drone strike in Israel wounds almost 40 as Hezbollah is blamed
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli rescue services say almost 40 people have been wounded in a drone strike in the central city of Binyamina, three of them critically. The Hezbollah militant gro...
Oct 13, 2024
Canada's Olivia Smith scores historic goal for Liverpool women at storied Anfield
LIVERPOOL - Canadian international Olivia Smith made history in a losing cause Sunday, scoring the first-ever goal for the Liverpool women at storied Anfield. The 20-year-old from Whitby, Ont., outpac...
Oct 13, 2024
Eby makes plea to Green voters to support NDP to help keep Conservatives from office
SQUAMISH, B.C. - New Democrat Leader David Eby is asking potential Green voters in British Columbia's Oct. 19 election to support his party instead to help keep John Rustad's B.C. Conservatives out of...
Oct 13, 2024
Eby makes plea to Green voters to support NDP to help keep Conservatives from office
SQUAMISH, B.C. - New Democrat Leader David Eby is asking potential Green voters in British Columbia's Oct. 19 election to support his party instead to help keep John Rustad's B.C. Conservatives out of...
Oct 13, 2024
Liberals appoint Andrew Bevan as campaign head amid talk of MP revolt against Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the Liberal Party's new campaign chair, as some MPs reportedly band together to ask their leader to step down. Trudeau and the party say Andrew Bev...
Oct 13, 2024
US will send an air defense battery and American troops to Israel to bolster defenses against Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery and troops to Israel, the Pentagon said Sunday, even as Iran warned Washington to keep American military for...
Oct 13, 2024