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Human smugglers used B.C. freight trains to move people across border, U.S. says
VANCOUVER - The U.S. Department of Justice says two men are facing human smuggling charges in Seattle for their alleged role in what it calls a dangerous scheme to transport people out of British Colu...
May 28, 2024
Transitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Garry Conille was named Haiti's new prime minister Tuesday evening, nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council had chosen someone else for th...
May 28, 2024
B.C. miners serve strike notice at Gibraltar copper pit in central Interior
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A union representing 550 workers at a mine in British Columbia's central Interior says they're prepared to go on strike if a new contract is not reached by the end of Friday. Uni...
May 28, 2024
P.E.I. kiteboarder 'lucky to be alive' after shark attack in Turks and Caicos
PROVIDENCIALES - A professional kiteboarder from P.E.I. says he has been seriously injured in a shark attack that occurred while he was snorkelling in the Turks and Caicos Islands last week. In an Ins...
May 28, 2024
Humboldt Broncos families fight to keep Saskatchewan government named in lawsuit
REGINA - Lawyers for several Humboldt Broncos families were in court Tuesday fighting a bid by the government of Saskatchewan to have it removed as a defendant in a lawsuit over the deadly bus crash i...
May 28, 2024
Oilers looking to regroup after Game 3 loss: 'Nothing to sulk about'
EDMONTON - Kris Knoblauch needed someone - anyone - to step up. The Oilers were taking on water after a flying start to Game 3 of the NHL's Western Conference final. Connor McDavid had been shot out o...
May 28, 2024
BC Winter Games to return to Kamloops for 50th anniversary
The BC Winter Games are coming to the Tournament Capital for a third time. After hosting the initial Winter Games in 1979 - and again in 2018 - the event will return to Kamloops in 2028. On May 27, ga...
May 28, 2024
Trudeau 'in no way' supports Israeli offensive in Rafah, but is mum on taking action
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is "horrified" by Israeli strikes that killed civilians in Rafah earlier this week, but walked away from reporters when asked what he will do...
May 28, 2024
US condemns loss of life, but says no policy changes after civilian deaths in Israeli strike
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Tuesday condemned the loss of life of dozens of civilians as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, but said it is not planning any policy changes as a result ...
May 28, 2024
A Kentucky family is left homeless for a second time by a tornado that hit the same location
BARNSLEY, Ky. (AP) - Devin Johnson's life was uprooted for a second time when a tornado flattened his home over the Memorial Day weekend - on the same lot in Kentucky where another twister left him ho...
May 28, 2024
