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Supreme Court rejects appeal from Dylann Roof, who killed 9
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Dylann Roof, who challenged his death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina cong...
Oct 11, 2022

Decision time for local general elections
You're going to be hearing a lot about the local general elections this week with voting this Saturday to elect municipal councils and school trustees.Vernon and Coldstream residents will also be voti...
Oct 11, 2022

Canada sending 40 military engineers to Poland to train Ukrainian forces
OTTAWA - Canada is sending 40 military engineers to Poland to train Ukrainian forces in their fight against Russia. Defence Minister Anita Anand announced the deployment during a visit to Warsaw this ...
Oct 11, 2022

Bauer pauses role as official equipment provider to Hockey Canada's men's teams
Bauer Hockey is putting its partnership with Hockey Canada on ice, calling the repeated breach of trust by the national organization's leadership "extremely disturbing." The company says it's pausing ...
Oct 11, 2022

Westshore Terminals reaches tentative deal with union, work resumes at terminal
VANCOUVER - Westshore Terminals Investment Corp. says it has reached a tentative agreement with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, ending a strike that began last month. The company says...
Oct 11, 2022

Israel says 'historic' sea border deal struck with Lebanon
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister said Tuesday that the country has reached an "historic agreement" with neighboring Lebanon over their shared maritime border after months of U.S.-brokered nego...
Oct 11, 2022

Trudeau condemns Russia, U.K. killer of Canadian sentenced : In The News for Oct. 11
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 11 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 11, 2022

An election, then a trial, poses unusual test for Surrey's Mayor McCallum
SURREY, B.C. - Incumbent Mayor Doug McCallum of Surrey, B.C., is facing consecutive challenges - one at the ballot box and the other in a courtroom. It's an unusual turn of events for McCallum, who wa...
Oct 11, 2022

'Some heroes wear moccasins:' Saskatchewan stabbing victims died helping others
REGINA - Some of the people who died in the stabbing massacre on James Smith Cree Nation last month were killed because they were trying to help others, RCMP say. Residents put themselves at risk and ...
Oct 11, 2022

An election, then a trial, poses unusual test for Surrey's Mayor McCallum
SURREY, B.C. - Incumbent Mayor Doug McCallum of Surrey, B.C., is facing consecutive challenges - one at the ballot box and the other in a courtroom. It's an unusual turn of events for McCallum, who wa...
Oct 11, 2022

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