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Operation Red Nose in for a busy New Year's Eve
PRINCE GEORGE - The bottles will be poppin' and yes... the traditional New Year's Eve ball drop will be taking place from New York City's Times SquareMeanwhile, in Prince George, Operation Red Nose wo...
Dec 31, 2019
Cariboo Cougars advance to semi-finals at Mac's tournament
CALGARY - The Cariboo Cougars finished the Macs Midget tournament round robin with a 3-1 record and advanced to the Quarter-Finals to play a familiar foe.The Cats tangled with the Okanagan Rockets in ...
Dec 31, 2019
O baby: Olivia, Oliver most popular B.C. baby names in 2019
VICTORIA - Some familiar names are topping the list of most popular baby monikers in 2019.According to B.C.'s Ministry of Health, nearly 41,000 babies were born in this province this year up until Dec...
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Mounties eyed Cold War candid camera scheme, declassified documents show
OTTAWA - RCMP intelligence officials devised a secret Cold War plan to use a hidden briefcase camera to photograph Communists and Soviet Bloc personnel travelling through Toronto's airport, ...
Dec 31, 2019
Canada cruises past Czech Republic to win Group B at world juniors
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Canada scored four power-play goals in a dominant first period Tuesday to beat the Czech Republic 7-2 and finish first in Group B at the world j...
Dec 31, 2019
Police: Parishioners kill man who fatally shoots 2 at church
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas - A man pulled out a shotgun at a Texas church service and fired on worshippers Sunday, killing two people before he was shot to death by congregants who fired back, police sai...
Dec 31, 2019
Poor weather hampering search for skier missing on southeast B.C. mountain
TRAIL, B.C. - A search is underway in southeastern British Columbia for a missing skier. RCMP in the Trail area say they received a report Monday at around 5 p.m. of a skier overdue after the man fail...
Dec 31, 2019
Tank of liquefied fish removed from ocean after waves knock it into B.C. waters
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - An ocean transportation company says it has retrieved a tank trailer filled with liquefied fish after it was knocked into the water off Vancouver Island. Billy Vaughn of Coastal...
Dec 31, 2019
Passenger train derails in Manitoba with 12 on board, no serious injuries
MACGREGOR, Man. - VIA Rail says an investigation is underway to determine why a passenger train went off the tracks west of Winnipeg with a dozen people on board. Emergency crews assessed seven passen...
Dec 31, 2019
US strikes hit Iraqi militia blamed in contractor's death
WASHINGTON - The U.S. carried out military strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia blamed for a rocket attack that killed an American contractor, Defence Secretary Mark Esp...
Dec 31, 2019