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Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole steps into top role at global strategy firm
OTTAWA - Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole has been named as the president and managing director of risk advisory firm ADIT North America. The firm provides services to companies, investment fun...
Jun 15, 2023
Mendicino grapples to explain lack of Bernardo info despite his office, PMO knowing
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says it is "unacceptable" he was kept in the dark about Paul Bernardo's controversial prison transfer. Questions are swirling on Parliament Hill today a...
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
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Campfire ban to be rescinded in Cariboo Fire Centre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