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Vancouver's Turkish community unites to collect donations for quake survivors
VANCOUVER - Donations are pouring into a Vancouver warehouse for those affected by Monday's devastating earthquake in Turkey, but a volunteer organizer says the country could most benefit from profess...
Feb 08, 2023

Mill closures threaten to punch holes in the fabric of rural B.C. towns
When Mayor Shane Brienen of Houston, B.C., thinks about the impact of the impending closure of the town's sawmill, he worries not only about the economic fallout. He thinks about the holes that the wo...
Feb 08, 2023

Northwest Territories to release fiscal year 2023-2024 budget
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories government is to release its new budget today, the last before the territorial election set for the fall. The territory's last $2.1-billion budget saw a 2.3 per...
Feb 08, 2023

'Incredibly frustrating' visa delays could thwart another Montreal conference
OTTAWA - Yet another global conference in Montreal risks being derailed by Canada's delays in processing visas as well as rejections that critics argue punish those from poorer countries. "It's incred...
Feb 08, 2023

Black Canadian justice strategy still in the works, as advocates call for reform
OTTAWA - The federal government is being urged to follow through with its commitment to develop a Black Canadian justice strategy. The Liberal government committed to creating such a strategy in the 2...
Feb 08, 2023

How much Canadians have fallen behind amid high inflation and who's hurting the most
OTTAWA - Inflation has eroded purchasing power for many Canadians, but the experience with rapidly rising prices has been far from uniform. While the inflation rate shows how quickly prices are rising...
Feb 08, 2023

Vancouver's Turkish community unites to collect donations for quake survivors
VANCOUVER - Donations are pouring into a Vancouver warehouse for those affected by Monday's devastating earthquake in Turkey, but a volunteer organizer says the country could most benefit from profess...
Feb 08, 2023

'The only Black one left:' Alberta village remembers it's African-American roots
BRETON, ALBERTA - "My name is Vant Hayes and I'm the only Black one left out here." Hayes, who says he's 88 years old or "somewhere around there," represents the end of an era in the village of Breton...
Feb 08, 2023

Crews find survivors, many dead after Turkey, Syria quake
GAZIANTEP, Turkey (AP) - Thinly-stretched rescue teams worked through the night into Wednesday, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings downed in Turkey and Syria by a catastroph...
Feb 07, 2023

Scoring King: James passes Abdul-Jabbar for NBA points mark
LeBron James is the NBA's new career scoring leader. With a stepback jump shot with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night, James pushed his career t...
Feb 07, 2023