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Rogers suggests Canada ban RT and other Russian state-owned broadcasters from Canada
OTTAWA - Communications giant Rogers is suggesting that Canada ban all state-owned Russian broadcasters from the air, not just RT. It is suggesting that all broadcasters owned or controlled by Preside...
Mar 09, 2022
No slowing down for McKeever, who races to his 14th Paralympic title at age 42
Powering down the homestretch and with the finish line in sight, Brian McKeever pulled to the outside of American Jake Adicoff and sailed past. He glanced once over his left shoulder to ensure he was ...
Mar 09, 2022
Night of N.S. shootings, witnesses wondered about 'strange' RCMP car as it went by
HALIFAX - Witnesses noticed the odd actions of what appeared to be an RCMP cruiser late on April 18, 2020, not realizing the driver was responsible for a murderous rampage that had just left 13 people...
Mar 09, 2022
Openings start for Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trial
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Opening statements started Wednesday in the trial of four men who prosecutors say plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 because they were angry about pand...
Mar 09, 2022
Overall COVID-19 vaccination rates stalled out in Vernon and Coldstream
There was no change to the overall vaccination rates for the Vernon/Coldstream health area in the first week of March.The B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) reports that, as of Monday, March 7, 8...
Mar 09, 2022
Canada's Aaron Cockerill changes plans to compete in South Africa after tying for 2nd
Being able to quickly change travel plans is an underrated skill for professional golfers. Aaron Cockerill has put that to the test this week. Cockerill, from Stony Mountain, Man., had planned to take...
Mar 09, 2022
Trudeau visits Berlin, silencing Russian propaganda machine : In The News for March 9
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 March 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 09, 2022
Independent Ontario MPP Roman Baber to enter Conservative party leadership race
OTTAWA - An independent Ontario legislator, who rose to prominence for speaking out against COVID-19 lockdowns, says he will run for Conservative leadership. Roman Baber will launch his campaign Wedne...
Mar 09, 2022
Mountain goat population declining in British Columbia: study
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's central coast is losing an animal of significant cultural value to the region's Indigenous people as fewer mountain goats are seen in its craggy peaks, says a new study....
Mar 09, 2022
Report to be released that examines four years of overdose deaths in British Columbia
VICTORIA - A report by a death review panel investigating the overdose crisis in British Columbia was scheduled to be released today by the province's chief coroner. A statement from the coroner's off...
Mar 09, 2022
