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An ocean menace: study finds ghost gear capturing species at risk and lobster
HALIFAX - A new study says lost and discarded fishing gear dumped off the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia - site of Canada's most lucrative lobster fishery - is trapping species at risk. Researchers...
Jul 30, 2021
Trump urged Justice officials to declare election 'corrupt'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump urged senior Justice Department officials to declare the 2020 election results "corrupt" in a December phone call, according to handwritten notes from one of t...
Jul 30, 2021
Federal modelling warns of fourth COVID wave driven by Delta if reopening is too fast
Federal officials are warning that Canada could be on the brink of a fourth wave of COVID-19 driven by the highly contagious Delta variant if the country opens too fast before enough people have been ...
Jul 30, 2021
Alberta taking 'risky gamble' by ending COVID isolation: Canadian Paediatric Society
CALGARY - The Canadian Paediatric Society has written an open letter to Alberta's top doctor urging her to reconsider lifting isolation and testing requirements to curb the spread of COVID-19. Close c...
Jul 30, 2021
Copyright collective can't force tariffs on university, Supreme Court rules
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a copyright collective cannot force York University to pay specific tariffs for the use of published works in the classroom. In its unanimous decision today, ...
Jul 30, 2021
New HVAC system for Vernon non-profit
A non-profit group in Vernon will be able to go ahead with a equipment upgrade thanks to community support.The Okanagan Landing and District Community Association has received a $15,000 grant from the...
Jul 30, 2021
Freeland says Liberals will extend aid programs to October because of uneven rebound
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is extending pandemic aid programs by an extra month beyond the previously planned end date. The decision means that wage and rent subsi...
Jul 30, 2021
Weekend heat brings concerns for wildfires and health
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has upgraded several special weather statements to heat warnings that now stretch across most of B-C's southern Interior and south coast.Daytime highs near 40 are expecte...
Jul 30, 2021
Canada captures Olympic gold in women's eight; soccer women advance to semis
It was a gold medal nearly 30 years in making, and it came in dominant fashion on Tokyo Bay. Canada women's eight led from start to finish at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday, racing to its first gold med...
Jul 30, 2021
Rail Trail group lands major government grant
Senior governments have come through with a grant to get construction rolling on part of the Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail.The trail's ownership partners, Splatsin, Regional District of North Okan...
Jul 30, 2021
