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Okanagan First Nation chief 'angry and perplexed' by residential school burial site
WESTBANK, B.C. - The chief of the Westbank First Nation has issued a statement in the wake of the horrific findings at the Kamloops residential school. Christopher Derickson says he has been bombarded...
Jun 02, 2021

Canadians growing 'impatient' on border, Garneau says as businesses push to reopen
WASHINGTON - Tiny cracks of daylight are beginning to appear in the barriers that have kept people from casually crossing the Canada-U.S. border for the last 13 months - but they mostly seem to be on ...
Jun 02, 2021

Soldier cleared of charges related to alleged incidents in Nova Scotia
OTTAWA - A member of the Canadian Armed Forces has been found not guilty of sexual assault and forcible confinement after prosecutors declined to present any evidence against him. Master Cpl. Anthony ...
Jun 02, 2021

Long after CFL tenure, veteran football coach Adam Rita is still involved in the game
Adam Rita has no intention of slowing down any time soon. More than a decade after leaving the CFL, the amiable 73-year-old native of Kauai, Hawaii, is still in football. Rita is head coach of the Bar...
Jun 02, 2021

Side-by-side stolen
PRINCE GEORGE - Local Mounties are seeking the public's help in locating a stolen side-by-side.Prince George RCMP Cst. Jennifer Cooper says police learned it was stolen shortly before 4 p.m. on May 25...
Jun 02, 2021

Vancouver housing market less intense in May but sales, listings still strong: GVREB
VANCOUVER - The super-heated housing market in Metro Vancouver cooled slightly in May but the Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board says sales still remained active. A statement from the board says 4,26...
Jun 02, 2021

Lufthansa gets green light to resume flights to Russia
BERLIN (AP) - German airline Lufthansa said late Wednesday that it has received the green light from Russia to resume flights there, after being briefly denied permission, which resulted in a reciproc...
Jun 02, 2021

Video: Black man killed by police aimed gun at officer
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Dramatic video footage released Wednesday by California police shows a Black man walking around an unmarked police vehicle, opening the door and pointing a gun at an undercover...
Jun 02, 2021

B.C. legions get pandemic-relief funding
VICTORIA - The B.C. government is helping legions get through the financial crunch of COVID-19.The province is providing $1.5 million in new relief funding to ensure the social agencies can continue p...
Jun 02, 2021

Canadian outpouring over residential schools can bring healing, says survivor
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The shock being expressed about the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia could be a force to bring long-awaited chan...
Jun 02, 2021