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Surrey, B.C., to stay with RCMP over independent force, costing the city millions
SURREY, B.C. - The mayor of Surrey, B.C., says council has voted to revert its policing back to the RCMP, a move than will cost the city millions of dollars. Mayor Brenda Locke told reporters that she...
Jun 16, 2023

How ground-penetrating radar is used to find unmarked graves at residential schools
OTTAWA - Indigenous communities searching for unmarked graves have encountered a rising number of individuals questioning, or outright denying, that children disappeared or died in residential schools...
Jun 16, 2023

B.C.'s largest wildfire still threatens, as conditions elsewhere ease
VANCOUVER - Rain and cooler weather over much of British Columbia has prompted two fire centres in the southern and central Interior to roll back campfire bans. The Kamloops and Cariboo fire centres s...
Jun 16, 2023

Abortion providers in North Carolina file federal lawsuit challenging state's new restrictions
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Abortion providers in North Carolina filed a federal lawsuit Friday that challenges several provisions of a state law banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy in the dwi...
Jun 16, 2023

House of Commons passes motion to permanently allow virtual attendance, voting
OTTAWA - The House of Commons passed a motion Thursday evening to keep hybrid workplace rules adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic. This means members of Parliament can attend sittings and committee m...
Jun 16, 2023

RCMP seize drugs, weapons from Millennium Park
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George RCMP have seized a number of weapons and drugs from Millennium Park after executing a Controlled Drug and Substances Act warrant.On Thursday, June 15, Prince George RCMP'...
Jun 16, 2023

Canada must combat residential school denialism, special interlocutor's report says
OTTAWA - The independent special interlocutor on unmarked graves says "urgent consideration" should be given to legal mechanisms as a way for Canada to combat residential school denialism. Kimberly Mu...
Jun 16, 2023

Truck driver guilty of killing 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue in deadliest attack on Jews in US history
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A truck driver who expressed hated of Jews was convicted Friday of barging into a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find, killing 11 congregants in an act of antise...
Jun 16, 2023

Police close Highway 16 East near Willow River due to MVI
PRINCE GEORGE - Update: RCMP confirm one person was killed in this morning's crash while Drive BC estimates the highway will reopen at 2:30 p.m.Earlier: Prince George RCMP are currently at the scene o...
Jun 16, 2023

Residents of Quebec town emptied two weeks ago because of fire to return home Sunday
MONTREAL - Residents of a northern Quebec town that has been under an evacuation order for the past two weeks due to forest fires are expected be allowed to return home on Sunday. Lebel-sur-Quvillon M...
Jun 16, 2023