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Turning Points unveils new winter response housing program
The normal winter mat program to help people get out of the cold in Vernon is being replaced with a new initiative.Turning Points Collaborative Society (TPCS), which operates local shelters, is workin...
Nov 16, 2021
Veterans Affairs' case managers near 'breaking point,' union warns
OTTAWA - The head of the union representing Veterans Affairs Canada case managers is warning her members are near their "breaking point" thanks to an excessive amount of work and lack of support from ...
Nov 16, 2021
AP source: House to vote on censuring Gosar over video
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House will vote Wednesday on a resolution to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for tweeting an animated video that depicted him striking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
Nov 16, 2021
Montreal mayor calls for federal action on gun violence after teen's shooting
MONTREAL - The "cowardly" shooting of a 16-year-old boy Sunday in Montreal is renewing calls for the government to do more about gun violence as authorities work to solve his murder. Thomas Trudel, 16...
Nov 16, 2021
Health minister says announcement coming on COVID-19 border measure changes
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the federal government will announce changes to COVID-19 prevention measures at the Canadian border "very soon." The government has faced mounting pressu...
Nov 16, 2021
Discussions to resolve B.C. pipeline blockade have reached a pivotal point: Miller
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says all parties are at a "critical junction" in the discussions toward a resolution on the blockade set up at the Coastal GasLink natural gas ...
Nov 16, 2021
Economic rights not limitless, Appeal Court hears in B.C. old-growth logging case
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing protesters opposed to old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island told a British Columbia Court of Appeal hearing that there are limits to a company's economic an...
Nov 16, 2021
Economic rights not limitless, Appeal Court hears in B.C. old-growth logging case
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing protesters opposed to old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island told a British Columbia Court of Appeal hearing that there are limits to a company's economic an...
Nov 16, 2021
Kyle Clifford acquired by Toronto Maple Leafs in trade with St. Louis Blues
TORONTO - Forward Kyle Clifford was acquired by the Toronto Maple Leafs in a trade with the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday in exchange for future considerations. Clifford played two games with St. Louis t...
Nov 16, 2021
Abbotsford, B.C., mayor worries for community as rescuers overwhelmed by flooding
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Fast-rising water levels from a river in Washington state have overwhelmed rescuers in Abbotsford, B.C., where 1,100 homes have been evacuated, in a province where thousands of peop...
Nov 16, 2021
