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Memorial service held for RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson, killed in N.S. mass shooting
HALIFAX - An RCMP officer who was among 22 people killed in the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting was remembered today during a regimental service in Halifax that recalled her brave actions. People lined...
Jun 29, 2022

French court convicts 19 men in 2015 Paris attacks trial
PARIS (AP) - A French court has found 19 men guilty of terrorism-related charges for the Islamic State terrorist attacks on the Bataclan theater, Paris cafes and France's national stadium in 2015. The...
Jun 29, 2022

Florida jury sworn in to determine school shooter's penalty
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A jury for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz's penalty trial was finally sworn in Wednesday, completing a nearly three-month selection process that ended with two last-m...
Jun 29, 2022

Purdue Canada agrees to $150 million settlement in class action lawsuit
VICTORIA-The Canadian drug maker was one of 40 accused by the B.C. government of engaging in deceptive marketing practices to increase sales that resulted in higher rates of addiction and overdose. Th...
Jun 29, 2022

Canada's Vallée takes bronze in one-metre springboard at world aquatics championships
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Mia Valle won Canada's second diving medal at the world aquatics championships with a bronze in the women's one-metre springboard Wednesday. The 21-year-old from Beaconsfield, Que....
Jun 29, 2022

Israeli PM Bennett won't run in upcoming election
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will not run in upcoming elections, his office said Wednesday, after he led a broad but fragile coalition government that came unraveled barely ...
Jun 29, 2022

New flood watch, high stream advisories, evacuation alerts as rains swell B.C. rivers
VANCOUVER - Recent heavy rains across British Columbia's central and southern Interior are swelling river levels in many areas, prompting a renewed flood watch and more high streamflow advisories. The...
Jun 29, 2022

Canadian governments OK settlement with Purdue Pharma over opioid addictions
VANCOUVER - British Columbia says a proposed $150-million settlement with Purdue Pharma Canada has been reached for the recovery of health-care costs related to the sale and marketing of opioid-based ...
Jun 29, 2022

Canadian governments OK settlement with Purdue Pharma over opioid addictions
VANCOUVER - British Columbia says a proposed $150-million settlement with Purdue Pharma Canada has been reached for the recovery of health-care costs related to the sale and marketing of opioid-based ...
Jun 29, 2022

(Updated)Upper Fraser and Fraser River from P.G. to Quesnel now under a flood watch
Updated: Rapid snowmelt and rainfall have the River Forecast Centre upgrading to a flood watch for the Upper Fraser and the Fraser River from Prince George to Quesnel .The public is advised to stay cl...
Jun 29, 2022