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Local Indigenous leaders react to Pope’s apology
Indigenous leaders from across the country travelled to the Edmonton area to witness Pope Francis's apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools - including Tk'emlups te Secwpemc Kukp...
Jul 26, 2022

Police release photos of gunman and seek witnesses to shootings in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY, B.C. - Police have released photographs of a 28-year-old gunman, as they seek witnesses to Monday's shooting rampage in Langley, B.C., that left two victims dead and two wounded. The photos s...
Jul 26, 2022

Police release photos of gunman and seek witnesses to shootings in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY, B.C. - Police have released photographs of a 28-year-old gunman, as they seek witnesses to Monday's shooting rampage in Langley, B.C., that left two victims dead and two wounded. The photos s...
Jul 26, 2022

Police: California burglar forgot keys inside crime scene
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) - A Northern California burglar returned to the scene of the crime this weekend after he forgot his keys inside a doughnut company's corporate office. The thief stole some pett...
Jul 26, 2022

Family, police concerned for missing man
Vernon North Okanagan RCMP is asking for the public's help locating a missing Vernon man.Mounties say 22-year-old Zachary Burton was last seen in Vernon on the afternoon of Monday, July 25.Both Burton...
Jul 26, 2022

Gaps remain in involuntary psychiatric admission compliance, says B.C. ombudsperson
VICTORIA - A report says three-year-old recommendations to protect the legal rights of people involuntarily admitted to psychiatric facilities in British Columbia are still not being adequately implem...
Jul 26, 2022

Sex charges stayed in case of former B.C. Indigenous leader Edward John
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The B.C. Prosecution Service says a stay of proceedings has been directed in the sex assault trial of former provincial cabinet minister and Indigenous leader Edward John. The de...
Jul 26, 2022

CP NewsAlert: 'Freedom Convoy' organizer Tamara Lich to be released on bail, again
OTTAWA - "Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich has once again been ordered released from jail after the Ontario Superior Court found errors in the decision to revoke her bail two weeks ago. More comi...
Jul 26, 2022

Canadian peacekeepers safe, sheltering as deadly anti-UN protests rock the DRC
OTTAWA - The federal government says all Canadian peacekeepers are safe and accounted for following a second day of deadly anti-United Nations protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Departm...
Jul 26, 2022

Coldstream agrees to fly Pride flag
The District of Coldstream will fly a Pride flag during the Vernon Pride 2022 event next month.Erik Olesen from the organizing group requested the district raise the flag from Monday, Aug. 8 at 2:00 p...
Jul 26, 2022

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