Author Archives:
Armed Forces personnel assess possible 'old' military shell in North Vancouver home
VANCOUVER - Police say a person in North Vancouver who bought what they thought was an "interesting artifact" may actually have purchased an old explosive. RCMP Sgt. Peter DeVries says they were calle...
Jun 16, 2021
Government defying order to produce documents on fired scientists: Speaker
OTTAWA - House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota says the Trudeau government has not complied with an order to produce unredacted documents related to the firing of two scientists from Canada's highest ...
Jun 16, 2021
Powell: Opportunity to play for Canada in Tokyo worth the seven-week sacrifice
Battling back from a devastating Achilles injury, in a condensed NBA season that was already exhausting enough, Dwight Powell could have taken the summer off to rest. But the chance to play for Canada...
Jun 16, 2021
Broncos goaltender commits to Aurora University for 2021-22
Humboldt Broncos goaltender Tanner Marshall is heading south.Marshall has committed to play for the Aurora University Spartans in Aurora, Illinois for the 2021-22 season.The Kelowna product was acquir...
Jun 16, 2021
Kamloops chief says more unmarked graves will be found across Canada
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The chief of a First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., who announced finding the remains of 215 children at a former residential school says she expects more unmarked grave sites to be discov...
Jun 16, 2021
Fact check: Putin's errant claim that Canada is second-leading source of cyberattacks
OTTAWA - Russian President Vladimir Putin contradicted the evidence Wednesday when he asserted Russians are not a leading source of cyberattacks on the United States and other countries. They are. A l...
Jun 16, 2021
Southern Baptists vote to probe leaders' sex abuse response
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to create a task force to oversee an independent investigation into the denominatio...
Jun 16, 2021
Fire at Nipawin Landfill now contained
The Nipawin Landfill was the site of a small fire on Tuesday, June 15.According to Mayor Rennie Harper, who is also the chairperson of the Boreal Area Waste Authority Inc. (BARWA), the fire was in one...
Jun 16, 2021
No oxygen concentrators or water on Quebec home's makeshift COVID ward, inquest hears
MONTREAL - A makeshift quarantine zone set up at a Quebec long-term care home where more than 100 residents died was not sufficiently equipped to care for patients, the assistant head nurse told a cor...
Jun 16, 2021
Report calls for airlines to refund passengers for flights halted due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - The House of Commons transportation committee says the federal government should refund ticket holders for flights cancelled due to COVID-19 and further strengthen passenger rights, as well a...
Jun 16, 2021