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Canada rejects 'fraudulent' election results in Belarus: Champagne
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada does not accept the results of the "fraudulent" presidential election in Belarus. He says Canada is calling for "free and fair...
Aug 17, 2020

Masks will be mandatory at times in B.C.'s middle and high schools
VICTORIA - Staff and students at middle and secondary schools in British Columbia will be required to wear masks on buses and in common areas when classes resume. The provincial go...
Aug 17, 2020

Middle and secondary students required to wear masks when physical distancing not possible
VICTORIA-Masks will be required for school staff, middle and secondary students, whenever physical distancing cannot be maintained.This is the latest from the Ministry of Education under updated healt...
Aug 17, 2020

Halifax constables given suspended sentences and probation for 2016 inmate death
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge on Monday handed two special constables with Halifax police suspended sentences with three years probation in the June 2016 suffocation death of an inm...
Aug 17, 2020

Five things to know about the Conservative party leadership race, ending Sunday
OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party will announce the winner of its leadership contest on Aug. 23. Nearly 269,500 people are eligible to vote for the new leader, which is roughly 10,000 ...
Aug 17, 2020

Next Conservative party leader best not take Alberta for granted: MPs
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner is warning whomever her party elects as their new leader this weekend needs to be prepared with robust policy for the West. Rempel Garner, an Alberta MP...
Aug 17, 2020

Cancelled season just the latest financial challenge for CFL
Financial challenges are nothing new for the CFL. The league has faced problems across the country - and even in the United States in the 1990s - many times the past few decades. While thing...
Aug 17, 2020

Northern B.C. residents invited to participate in online town hall with B.C. Human Rights Commissioner
PRINCE GEORGE-Northern B.C. residents are invited to participate in an online town hall with British Columbia's Human Rights Commissioner.On Thursday, Aug.20 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Kasari Govende...
Aug 17, 2020

In 'The 24th,' police brutality and unrest, 103 years ago
NEW YORK - The sole photograph related to the Houston Riot of 1917 shows 64 Black soldiers sitting with arms folded and legs crossed behind a rope. Their sheer number, in a courtroom otherwise populat...
Aug 17, 2020

RCMP seek assistance in locating wanted man
TERRACE-RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in locating a wanted man.Chad Koren Adams is wanted on three outstanding arrest warrants. Terrace RCMP say Adams was last seen in Prince Rupert.Chad Ko...
Aug 17, 2020