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Two men arrested and charged two years after fatal stabbing in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Two men have been arrested and charged with manslaughter two years after the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old man. In a news release issued Saturday (May 4) afternoon, Williams La...
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BC Wildfire Services carries out prescribed burns near Fort St. James
FORT ST. JAMES, B.C. - Smoke may continue to be visible near the District of Fort St. James. The BC Wildfire Service says it carried out three prescribed burns near Fort St. James Thursday (May 2), tr...
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Real Madrid wins the Spanish league after Barcelona loses at Girona
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Real Madrid has won its record-extending 36th Spanish league title after increasing its lead over second-place Girona to an insurmountable 13 points with four games remaining. ...
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Matthews skates ahead of Game 7, status unclear with Leafs' season again on the line
BOSTON - Auston Matthews was back on the ice with his teammates Saturday. The Maple Leafs centre snapped the puck around, took part in drills and seemed to be moving well at Toronto's morning skate. W...
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Canadian rugby women blanked 24-0 by France in Singapore Sevens Cup quarterfinal
SINGAPORE - Canada's rugby sevens women were blanked 24-0 by France in Saturday's Cup quarterfinal at the Singapore Sevens. The Canadians, who stand fifth in the season standings after six events, saw...
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Snakes almost on a plane: TSA discovers a bag with small snakes in passenger's pants
MIAMI (AP) - Airport security officers in Miami found a slithering surprise last week - a bag of snakes hidden in a passenger's pants. According to an X post by the Transportation Security Administrat...
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Wildfire 100 kilometres west of Williams Lake grows to more than 100 hectares
ALEXIS CREEK, B.C. - An out-of-control wildfire south of the Cariboo community of Alexis Creek has grown to 101 hectares. The BC Wildfire Service says the fire nearly 100 kilometres west of Williams L...
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Judge to rule on validity of Quebec language law because it delays English verdicts
MONTREAL - A Quebec court judge will decide whether the province's new language reform is constitutional because a section of the law systematically delays the delivery of verdicts handed down in Engl...
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Red dresses to make fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women
Models in uniquely designed red dresses are taking to the runway in British Columbia this weekend to make a powerful fashion statement about missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit...
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Parliamentary report on Emergencies Act decision is 18 months past due — and counting
OTTAWA - For a committee struck to review an emergency, the approach to reporting back to Canadians has been less than urgent. The erstwhile group of senators and MPs studying the federal government's...
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