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No change to local drought conditions, improvements across B.C.
For the third week in a row, the Okanagan Basin was rated at Drought Level 1, while several other basins in B.C. improved on a weekly basis.The B.C. River Forecast Centre updated the conditions June 1...
Jun 13, 2024
Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov to play in Game 3 of Stanley Cup final
EDMONTON - Aleksander Barkov is good to go for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final. The Panthers captain was a question mark for Thursday after taking a forearm to the jaw from Edmonton Oilers centre Leon...
Jun 13, 2024
Rafael Nadal will skip Wimbledon so he doesn't have to switch from grass to clay for the Olympics
Rafael Nadal is going to skip Wimbledon, as expected, and instead prepare for the Paris Olympics by entering a clay-court tournament in Bastad, Sweden, he hasn't been to in 19 years. The 22-time Grand...
Jun 13, 2024
Family of victim of admitted serial killer reflects on plan to search landfill
WINNIPEG - The grandmother of one of the victims of an admitted serial killer says she was overcome with emotion when visiting the Winnipeg-area landfill where it is believed her granddaughter's remai...
Jun 13, 2024
Four more arrests, including main suspect, in fraud, data theft at Desjardins
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police have arrested a man they say was the principle architect of a major data theft and multimillion-dollar fraud involving the co-operative financial group Desjardins. ...
Jun 13, 2024
Liberals set aside little for disability benefit, despite spending boast: advocate
OTTAWA - An advocacy group for people with disabilities says the federal government set aside very little money for a new benefit, despite a Liberal minister's claim that it is the biggest line item i...
Jun 13, 2024
Sharks hire Ryan Warsofsky as new head coach
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The San Jose Sharks have promoted Ryan Warsofsky to become the team's new head coach after two years as an assistant under the recently fired David Quinn. General manager Mike ...
Jun 13, 2024
Police may never be able to talk to driver of bus in deadly collision in Manitoba
WINNIPEG - Manitoba RCMP say they may never be able to talk to the driver of a bus involved in a crash that killed 17 people a year ago. Supt. Rob Lasson says the driver continues to suffer severe med...
Jun 13, 2024
Washington state's Makah tribe clears major hurdle toward resuming whale hunts
SEATTLE (AP) - The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. The Makah, a...
Jun 13, 2024
NunatuKavut Community Council celebrates Federal Court decision in identity case
OTTAWA - The Federal Court has weighed in on the increasingly controversial issue of so-called Indigenous identity theft that has caused a rift in Labrador - or, at least, that's how the group at the ...
Jun 13, 2024
