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Updated tailings code after Mount Polley an improvement: B.C. mines auditor
VICTORIA - A new report says changes to British Columbia's requirements for tailings storage after the Mount Polley disaster have generally improved the management of mining waste. The mines chief aud...
Jun 18, 2021

Restrictions at U.S. border to remain in place until end of July, Blair says
OTTAWA - Travel restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border will remain in place for at least another month. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the American and Canadian governments are extending restr...
Jun 18, 2021

RDFFG housing needs assessment underway
PRINCE GEORGE- Getting a better understanding of the housing challenges across the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George is the focus of an assessment underway.Over the coming weeks, the Regional Di...
Jun 18, 2021

Canada's Olympic swim trials get underway after pandemic postponements
The long wait is over for Canada's top swimmers. The Olympic swim trials start Saturday in Toronto's Pan Am Sports Centre after cancellation in 2020 and a pair of postponements in 2021 because of the ...
Jun 18, 2021

Politicians call for investigation over video of Montreal cops arresting Black youth
MONTREAL - Some Quebec politicians are calling for an investigation after a video was released that appears to show a Montreal police officer with his knee on a Black youth's neck during an arrest. Th...
Jun 18, 2021

First Nations child-welfare hearings wrap after week of arguments
OTTAWA - Lawyers wrapped up arguments today in a Federal Court case focused on how to compensate First Nations children unnecessarily taken from their families due to Canada's discriminatory policies....
Jun 18, 2021

Crown opts for direct indictment for Quebec City Halloween night stabbing suspect
QUEBEC - Prosecutors in the case of the Quebec City Halloween night stabbing attack that killed two people filed a direct indictment today against the accused. It means the case against 25-year-old Ca...
Jun 18, 2021

Deer attack in southeastern B.C. leaves woman cut, battered and bruised
KIMBERLEY, B.C. - A British Columbia woman says she needed hospital treatment for injuries including gashes and deep bruises after being attacked by a deer defending its fawn. Liz Royer says she was o...
Jun 18, 2021

Toronto Arrows face more challenges as Major League Rugby season winds down
A loss Saturday to NOLA Gold would result in the Toronto Arrows being mathematically eliminated from Major League Rugby playoff contention. And the Arrows (4-8-0) have more problems to come as the reg...
Jun 18, 2021

Montreal's Auger-Aliassime advances to the semifinals of the Noventi Open
HALLE, Germany - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is heading to the semifinals of the Noventi Open. Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, downed American qualifier Marcos Giron 6-3, 6-2 in quarterfinal play a...
Jun 18, 2021