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Feds cut funding for anti-racism project over 'reprehensible and vile' tweets
OTTAWA - Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen has ordered the government to cut funding to an anti-racism initiative over "reprehensible and vile" tweets by a senior consultant on the project. Hussen annou...
Aug 22, 2022
Famous Yousuf Karsh portrait of Sir Winston Churchill stolen from Château Laurier
It sounds like a caper from a movie: a thief has swapped out the famous portrait of a scowling Sir Winston Churchill, photographed by Yousuf Karsh in 1941, with an unsigned copy. A staff member at Ott...
Aug 22, 2022
Serious police incident on Winnipeg Street between 4th & 5th Avenues
PRINCE GEORGE - Update: RCMP have released more information regarding today's police incident on Winnipeg Street.Police say that shortly after 2 p.m., RCMP officers attempted a traffic stop of a suspi...
Aug 22, 2022
Trump seeks special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Monday asked a federal judge to prevent the FBI from continuing to review documents recovered from his Florida estate earlier this month ...
Aug 22, 2022
Four arrested after Vancouver police say guns found in encampment tent
Vancouver police say four men have been arrested after two guns were seized from a tent in a Downtown Eastside street encampment. Police say the weapons found in the tent near East Hastings and Carral...
Aug 22, 2022
One arrested after search warrant yields guns, drugs, cash in Houston, B.C.
HOUSTON, B.C. - One man has been arrested in Houston, B.C. following the execution of a search warrant over the weekend.North District RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says it all started last month when ...
Aug 22, 2022
At least 40 people displaced by explosion and fire in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - Dozens of people have been left without a home after an apparent explosion sparked a fire between two buildings in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Assistant Fire Chief Pierre Morin with Van...
Aug 22, 2022
Bob Baffert among those to congratulate Attard following Queen's Plate win
TORONTO - Bob Baffert provided a storybook ending to trainer Kevin Attard's first $1-million Queen's Plate victory. Shortly after filly Moira's record-setting win Sunday in the opening leg of the OLG ...
Aug 22, 2022
Ontario, Maritimes premiers meet to talk health care but offer no details, solutions
MONCTON, N.B. - The premiers of the Maritimes and of Ontario say they need a "Team Canada" approach to fixing the country's health-care problems, but none of the leaders is offering any specifics or s...
Aug 22, 2022
Sextortion cases up 50 per cent in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE-RCMP are warning the public to be careful of a rising number of online sextortion cases. Sextortion is the practice of extorting money or sexual favors from someone by threatening to rev...
Aug 22, 2022