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Manitoba man killed in tent by tree felled during storm: RCMP
MANIGOTAGAN, Man. - Manitoba RCMP are investigating the death of a man apparently killed in a tent by a falling tree. Police responded to a call early Monday about a sudden death at a campground at Ma...
Jul 04, 2023
Exporters want law to limit future disruptions on fourth day of B.C. port strike
VANCOUVER - Groups representing Canadian businesses want the federal government to intervene in the ongoing labour strike at British Columbia ports, with one organization calling for legal changes tha...
Jul 04, 2023
British Columbia port strike enters day four as talks stall
VANCOUVER - The strike at British Columbia ports enters its fourth day after talks between the two sides stalled on Monday. More than 7,000 workers who load and unload cargo at more than 30 B.C. ports...
Jul 04, 2023
Expansion, upgrade project valued at $366.5M starts at Williams Lake hospital
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - British Columbia's health minister says the long-awaited redevelopment and expansion of the 1960s-era hospital serving the Cariboo region is underway. Adrian Dix says the $366.5-...
Jul 04, 2023
Suspicious powder found at the White House when Biden was gone was cocaine, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House was briefly evacuated Sunday evening while President Joe Biden was at Camp David after the Secret Service discovered suspicious powder in a common area of the West Wi...
Jul 04, 2023
Elections BC bans Mark Marissen and municipal party over financing breach
VANCOUVER - Elections BC has banned longtime political organizer Mark Marissen from running in local elections for three years after it deregistered his Progress Vancouver party for breaking campaign ...
Jul 04, 2023
Alberta weekend tornado that damaged, destroyed homes rated rare, violent twister
EDMONTON - A preliminary report on a weekend tornado in central Alberta says its winds were so violent they picked up a 10-tonne farm combine and tossed it half the length of a football field. "(The c...
Jul 04, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelling to Latvia and NATO summit in Lithuania
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to Europe next week for the annual NATO leaders' summit. The two-day summit in Lithuania starts July 11 and comes as the alliance has agreed to exten...
Jul 04, 2023
Canada's Hadwin credits more positive outlook for Rocket Mortgage Classic success
Despite a solid FedEx Cup ranking hovering around 50th, Adam Hadwin was losing his cool on the course. For nearly six weeks the product of Abbotsford, B.C., was getting frustrated when he played, even...
Jul 04, 2023
Boaters rescued from Nanaimo's Diver Lake after sailboat capsizes
NANAIMO - A couple were caught by gusty winds and sent into the water during a morning sail around Diver Lake.A 911 call came in from a nearby fisherman, Trevor Shaw, around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jul...
Jul 04, 2023