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CP NewsAlert: Wildfire evacuation order lifted for Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
An evacuation order has been lifted for the community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., nine days after more than 2,000 residents were forced out by an encroaching wildfire. More coming The Canadian Press
Jun 15, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Wildfire evacuation order lifted for Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
An evacuation order has been lifted for the community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., nine days after more than 2,000 residents were forced out by an encroaching wildfire. More coming The Canadian Press
Jun 15, 2023

Canada's Sarah Mitton wins shot put gold at Diamond League competition
OSLO - Canada's Sarah Mitton won gold in women's shot put on Thursday at the Oslo Diamond League track and field meet. Mitton, from Brooklyn, N.S., sent her first shot 19.54 metres, a distance that he...
Jun 15, 2023

Nova Scotia man who served 16 years after wrongful conviction dead at 67, lawyer says
HALIFAX - A lawyer for Glen Assoun, the Nova Scotia man who served 16 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend, confirmed today that his longtime client has died....
Jun 15, 2023

Greek coast guard arrests 9 survivors of migrant ship sinking
KALAMATA, Greece (AP) - The Greek coast guard says nine survivors from the migrant ship that sank off the country's coast have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to the smuggling ring that arrang...
Jun 15, 2023

Tumbler Ridge residents allowed to return home after evacuation order lifted
TUMBLER RIDGE - The evacuation order for the District of Tumbler Ridge has been lifted, meaning residents will soon be able to return to their homes. As of 10:00 am today (June 15), the evacuation ord...
Jun 15, 2023

Campfire ban to be rescinded in Cariboo Fire Centre
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Campfires will be allowed in the Cariboo Fire Centre (CFC) this weekend.Effective 12:00 noon Friday (June 16), the CFC says its Category One campfire prohibition will be rescinde...
Jun 15, 2023

Quebec to exhume remains of Innu boys whose families have questions about 1970 deaths
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized the exhumation of the remains of two Innu boys whose families have questions about their 1970 deaths at a Quebec hospital. The exhumations are t...
Jun 15, 2023

Third-party review finds 'toxic' culture at University of Prince Edward Island
CHARLOTTETOWN - A review of allegations of workplace misconduct at the University of Prince Edward Island says the school had a toxic environment where bullying and harassment were widespread and cond...
Jun 15, 2023

Indigenous kept from economic opportunities from pot legalization: Senate committee
OTTAWA - A Senate committee says the current cannabis market and legislation has kept Indigenous Peoples from sharing in the economic opportunities that the legalization of recreational pot created. T...
Jun 15, 2023