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Trucks collide on Trans Canada Highway
Icy roads were a factor in a crash of two commercial transport trucks on Highway 1, west of Salmon Arm.RCMP say emergency personnel responded to the scene in Tappen on Wednesday, Feb. 2 around 8:30 p....
Feb 03, 2022
Ex-Chicago officer who killed Laquan McDonald leaves prison
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke left prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for killing Black teenager Laquan McDonald - an early...
Feb 03, 2022
Quebec court says justice minister's intervention on judge bilingualism illegal
MONTREAL - The Quebec Superior Court has ruled that the province's justice minister does not get to decide whether judges can be required to speak English as well as French. The case was centred aroun...
Feb 03, 2022
New blockade in Alberta cutting off traffic to U.S. border crossing
MILK RIVER, ALBERTA - RCMP say a second blockade on a highway leading to the main United States border crossing in Alberta has choked off traffic. "Protesters have stopped traffic from going southboun...
Feb 03, 2022
Bayern Munich says Davies is fine but "bored" as he recovers from myocarditis
Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann says Canadian star Alphonso Davies is fine but bored as he recovers from myocarditis following a bout with COVID-19. Bayern said Jan. 5 that the 21-year-old fro...
Feb 03, 2022
Canadian military cuts dozens of unvaccinated troops, puts hundreds more on notice
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says dozens of Canadian Armed Forces members who refused to get vaccinated have now been kicked out of the military. Release proceedings have started for hu...
Feb 03, 2022
Police in England say young Vernon, B.C., woman murdered in Essex, man in custody
Police in Essex, England, say a 19-year-old British Columbia woman has been murdered and a man is under arrest. A statement from Essex Police says 19-year-old Ashley Wadsworth of Vernon died Tuesday, ...
Feb 03, 2022
Vernon/Coldstream vaccination rates continue slow climb
The COVID-19 vaccination rates for the Vernon/Coldstream area saw very little movement this week.The B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) data shows that, as of Monday, Jan. 31, the area's vaccinat...
Feb 03, 2022
Vipers edge Smokies for seventh straight win
The Vernon Vipers continued their second half surge in the BCHL, winning their seventh straight game, 3-2 over the Trail Smoke Eaters Wednesday night.Vipers goalie Roan Clarke was the first star makin...
Feb 03, 2022
Poland, Czech governments sign deal on lignite mine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - The prime ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic say they have signed an agreement settling a long-running dispute over a lignite mine on the border of the two countries. Pol...
Feb 03, 2022
