Author Archives:
Vernon, Okanagan seniors to benefit from provincial grants
A new funding stream to support seniors across B.C. will see some money go towards supports in Vernon and within the Okanagan.The province is distributing a total of $500,000 to 25 communities, includ...
Aug 31, 2022
UN cites possible crimes vs. humanity in China's Xinjiang
GENEVA (AP) - China's discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the U.N. human rights office s...
Aug 31, 2022
Quebec election: Liberal party says candidate's Montreal office robbed, vandalized
MONTREAL - The Quebec Liberal Party says the riding office of one of its Montreal candidates has been robbed and vandalized. The party says the alleged attackers broke through the wall of a neighbouri...
Aug 31, 2022
Alberta to use $13.2B budget windfall to pay down debt, put cash in piggy bank
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says the government is going to use this year's projected windfall budget surplus to pay down debt and put some cash in its piggy bank. Jason Nixon says the plan ...
Aug 31, 2022
Who are Filomena Tassi and Helena Jaczek, the two cabinet ministers who traded jobs?
OTTAWA - In a straightforward swap of positions Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday at Rideau Hall, Helena Jaczek is replacing Filomena Tassi as Canada's minister of public services and ...
Aug 31, 2022
CSIS officers urged British police to obscure Canadian link to ISIL smuggler: book
OTTAWA - A new book says Canadian Security Intelligence Service officers urged British police not to reveal CSIS's recruitment of a man who helped smuggle three British teenagers into Syria to join th...
Aug 31, 2022
Michigan election board rejects abortion rights initiative
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Board of Canvassers on Wednesday rejected an abortion rights initiative after its two Republican board members voted against putting the proposed constitutional amen...
Aug 31, 2022
Marino advances to third round of U.S. Open with straight-sets win over Snigur
NEW YORK - Vancouver's Rebecca Marino advanced to the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over Ukraine's Daria Snigur on Wednesday. Marino fired 13 aces in the match to Snigur's one, ...
Aug 31, 2022
As Centre Ice group drops 'Conservative' from name, where are moderate Tories to go?
OTTAWA - An advocacy group started by centrist Conservatives to provide more of a voice to the political middle has dropped the party's name to expand its base. The "Centre Ice Conservatives" have bec...
Aug 31, 2022
Toronto Raptors sign forward Josh Jackson, the fourth pick of 2017 NBA draft
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed forward Josh Jackson. The six-foot-eight, 207-pound native of San Diego averaged 6.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 16.3 minutes in 51 games (three starts) last sea...
Aug 31, 2022
