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Cone Zone campaign aims to protect roadside workers
PRINCE GEORGE - A call to area drivers to do their part in keeping roadside workers safe, with the 12th annual province-wide Cone Zone campaign launch today.According to WorkSafeBC, two roadside worke...
May 16, 2022
Vancouver police think speed was factor after car crosses into traffic, takes flight
Vancouver police say they believe speed was a factor in a four-car collision that killed one person and sent two others to hospital on Monday. Police say in a news release that a Toyota Corolla had to...
May 16, 2022
Alberta man pleads guilty to killing woman and her 16-month-old son
HINTON, Alta. - An Alberta man has pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of a woman and her 16-month-old son. Robert Major entered the pleas in court today, and prosecutors...
May 16, 2022
Residential school site searches so far just 'tip of the iceberg': Miller
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says the searches on the grounds of former residential schools to date are just the beginning. Nearly one year ago, the Tk'emlps te Secwpemc Na...
May 16, 2022
Canadian-born midfielder Marcelo Flores chooses Mexico over Canada and England
TORONTO - Canadian-born Marcelo Flores, who plays for Arsenal's under-23 side, says he wants to play internationally for Mexico. Canada had hoped to secure the services of the 18-year-old attacking mi...
May 16, 2022
Saskatchewan First Nation asks for Army Rangers to help in search for missing boy
PRINCE ALBERT - A Saskatchewan First Nation says it has asked the federal government to send in the Canadian Rangers to help search for a missing five-year-old boy. Chief Fabian Head of Red Earth Cree...
May 16, 2022
Canada prepared to send ships to Romanian ports to help export Ukraine's wheat — Joly
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada is prepared to send ships to help Ukraine export its wheat to the developing world. Joly says she has held talks with other G7 and European na...
May 16, 2022
Advisory board for next top court judge to include Indigenous Bar Association member
OTTAWA - For the first time, the Indigenous Bar Association has nominated a member of the independent advisory board that will help choose the next Supreme Court justice. The chosen board member, Davi...
May 16, 2022
Raptors guard VanVleet named finalist for NBA social justice award
Toronto Raptors point guard Fred VanVleet has been named one of five finalists for the NBA's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award. The award recognizes a current NBA player for working to...
May 16, 2022
RCMP searching for owners of stolen beer kegs
FORT ST. JOHN-Officers from the Crime Reduction Unit in Fort St.John conducted an investigation that led to the recovery of numerous empty beer kegs earlier this month.Some of the Kegs have already be...
May 16, 2022