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Quebec man arrested after four-day Amber Alert pleads guilty to 14 charges
MONTREAL - A Quebec man who kidnapped his three-year-old son and was the subject of a manhunt over several days last summer has pleaded guilty to 14 charges. The province's prosecution service says th...
Feb 09, 2022
Senators strike bipartisan deal on domestic violence bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a proposal Wednesday to reauthorize the 1990s-era law that extends protections for victims of domestic and sexual violence after it lap...
Feb 09, 2022
Parent in college bribery scandal gets year in prison
BOSTON (AP) - A former casino executive was sentenced Wednesday to serve one year and one day in federal prison as part of the stiffest sentence so far handed down in the sprawling college admissions ...
Feb 09, 2022
Toronto Argonauts feeling good about the future after successful free-agent haul
TORONTO - Two days into CFL free agency and the Toronto Argonauts already like what they see. Signing running back Andrew Harris, defensive linemen Ja'Gared Davis and Adrian Tracy, linebacker Wynton M...
Feb 09, 2022
Vernon/Coldstream's vaccine rates relatively flat on week-to-week basis
The COVID-19 vaccination rates for the Vernon/Coldstream health area increased by a slim margin over the past week.The B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) data on vaccination rates from Monday, Fe...
Feb 09, 2022
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection subpoenaed former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Wednesday, seeking to question an ally of former Presiden...
Feb 09, 2022
Census shows B.C.'s population hit five million after 7.6 per cent growth
VANCOUVER - Canada's latest census shows British Columbia had the second-highest population growth among the provinces, but realtors and buyers say an influx of people has created fiercer-than-ever co...
Feb 09, 2022
Census shows B.C.'s population hit five million after 7.6 per cent growth
VANCOUVER - Canada's latest census shows British Columbia had the second-highest population growth among the provinces, but realtors and buyers say an influx of people has created fiercer-than-ever co...
Feb 09, 2022
16 years prison for Colorado mom who abused kid, 7, to death
DENVER (AP) - A Colorado mother who fatally abused her 7-year-old daughter and lied about her health to get handouts from charities worth at least $100,000 has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. A ...
Feb 09, 2022
Angry protests, fading patience to test public health COVID-19 bulwark in U.S.
WASHINGTON - The long shadow of an enduring, Canadian-born protest movement is darkening America's doorstep, just as waning public patience and conflicting policy advice put ever more pressure on frag...
Feb 09, 2022
