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Williams Lake man injured in early morning stabbing
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A Williams Lake man is being treated after an early morning stabbing in the city.RCMP say officers were called about the incident at about 3:02 a.m. Wednesday (May 12). A 52-year...
May 12, 2021
Focus on helping right whales survive, not assigning blame: Canadian official
HALIFAX - A Canada-U.S. spat over who is responsible for the recent death of a critically endangered right whale has prompted a senior Canadian official to suggest there's got to be a better way of se...
May 12, 2021
Fort St. James RCMP concerned about drug overdoses
FORT ST. JAMES - The Fort St James RCMP has issued a public health announcement due to the number of drug overdose cases they are seeing in the community and surrounding areas.Police and BC Emergency ...
May 12, 2021
Questions remain about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot in Canada
Questions remained Wednesday about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada as Manitoba limited use of the shot and Ontario said it was deciding how it would use an incoming shipment res...
May 12, 2021
Final court dates set in Meng Wanzhou's case as her lawyers ask to bring new evidence
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei's chief financial officer say they will apply to introduce new evidence in her extradition case next month. A B.C. Supreme Court judge set June 29 and 30 for a hearing o...
May 12, 2021
Final court dates set in Meng Wanzhou's case as her lawyers ask to bring new evidence
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei's chief financial officer say they will apply to introduce new evidence in her extradition case next month. A B.C. Supreme Court judge set June 29 and 30 for a hearing o...
May 12, 2021
Crown seeks life sentence for youth in terrorism case
OTTAWA - The Crown is seeking a life sentence for a teenager who pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges including possession of explosive material and counselling someone to detonate a bomb. The ...
May 12, 2021
CNN's Sanjay Gupta worries about a muddled pandemic message
NEW YORK (AP) - At this stage in the pandemic, CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta is concerned that Americans are not getting clear enough messages about what they should or shouldn't be doing to keep themselves ...
May 12, 2021
Nunavut working to get Pfizer vaccine for territory's teens
Nunavut's chief public health officer says the government is working to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for teens, but he says there is no timeline on when doses might arrive. Dr. Michael Pat...
May 12, 2021
Military reports minimal progress in drive to add more women to the ranks
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is reporting minimal progress at the midway point of its 10-year drive to increase the number of women in uniform. In 2016, then-defence chief general Jonathan Vance...
May 12, 2021