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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

The latest on the deadly crash between seniors' bus and semi truck in rural Manitoba
RCMP say 15 people are dead and 10 are injured after a bus carrying seniors to a casino crashed with a semi truck on the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Man., on Thursday morning. Here are the lat...
Jun 16, 2023

NBA suspends Ja Morant 25 games for latest social media incident involving a gun
Memphis guard Ja Morant has been suspended for the first 25 games of the upcoming season for his second known incident of displaying what appeared to be a firearm on social media, the NBA announced Fr...
Jun 16, 2023