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Small number of fans to attend Winnipeg Jets NHL playoff game, Manitoba premier says
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says a small number of fans will be allowed in the stands for the upcoming National Hockey League playoff series between The Winnipeg Jets and Montreal Cana...
Jun 01, 2021

B.C. lays out plans for 'modernizing' regulation of the forest industry
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has released a series of goals, plans and an initial yearlong timeline as it works to "modernize" its regulation of the forest sector. A new paper lays out f...
Jun 01, 2021

Bear attack sends 1 to hospital
PRINCE GEORGE - One person was sent to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries following a bear attack last night (May 31).The Conservation Officer Service (COS) says the attack occurr...
Jun 01, 2021

Survivor of B.C. residential school breaking silence and calling for action
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - News of the remains of 215 children being discovered at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia jolted Clayton Peters, whose seven years of torment there have been...
Jun 01, 2021

Survivor of B.C. residential school breaking silence and calling for action
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - News of the remains of 215 children being discovered at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia jolted Clayton Peters, whose seven years of torment there have been...
Jun 01, 2021

COVID-19 deaths brought Canadian life expectancy down, Quebec most affected: StatCan
MONTREAL - The federal statistics agency says the COVID-19 pandemic led to a drop in Canada's life expectancy in 2020. Statistics Canada says it estimates that life expectancy across the country decli...
Jun 01, 2021

Five arrested after gunshots heard at Williams Lake home known for gang activity
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Five people were arrested after a complaint of shots fired at a Williams Lake home Monday (May 31).In a news release, RCMP say the sound of multiple gunshots was heard by a membe...
Jun 01, 2021

O'Toole releases Pride video as handful of MPs oppose bill to ban conversion therapy
OTTAWA - A video promoting June as Pride month coupled with a concerted push to end the gay "blood ban" is what the Conservative Party of Canada looks like under Erin O'Toole as he works to prove once...
Jun 01, 2021

Miami Beach police questioning rapper DaBaby about shooting
MIAMI (AP) - Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby is being questioned by Miami Beach police regarding a shooting that wounded two people, officials said Tuesday. Jonathan Kirk, DaBaby's legal name, was one ...
Jun 01, 2021

Rested Winnipeg Jets eager to face high-flying Montreal Canadiens in round two
Defenceman Nate Thompson says the Winnipeg Jets are "itching to get going" after more than a week of watching hockey on screens instead of from the bench. Winnipeg hasn't played since May 24 when they...
Jun 01, 2021