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Montreal family fighting deportation to Nigeria can stay for now, advocates say
MONTREAL - Advocates for a Montreal family fighting deportation to Nigeria say they have been granted temporary permission to stay in Canada. Quebec legislature member Guillaume Cliche-Rivard says an ...
Apr 02, 2024
PWHL effect infuses 2024 women's world hockey championship
UTICA, N.Y. - How the new Professional Women's Hockey League will change the international game is the buzz heading into the 2024 women's world hockey championship. The 10-country tournament opening W...
Apr 02, 2024
Draft OCP drawn up in Armstrong, public input sought
The City of Armstrong has outlined its plans for the future, and is asking for feedback from residents.The city's draft Official Community Plan (OCP) has been prepared to help guide the vision, goals,...
Apr 02, 2024
B.C. to ban some 'personal use' evictions, stop rent increases over new children
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is making changes to rental laws, stopping bad-faith evictions, protecting families who add a child and helping landlords who have problematic tenants. Premi...
Apr 02, 2024
Police investigate multi-tractor crash as carbon-levy protests continue in Alberta
COCHRANE, ALBERTA, CANADA - Mounties in Alberta say they're keeping traffic moving on the Trans-Canada Highway despite a roadside carbon-levy protest, and say five large farm tractors have already cau...
Apr 02, 2024
Missing woman located
RCMP say a missing 41-year-old woman, who was last seen in Vernon on March 22, 2024, has been located safe and well. The Vernon North Okanagan RCMP are thanking the public and media for their assistan...
Apr 02, 2024
B.C. records net loss of more than 8,600 in interprovincial migration in 2023
VICTORIA - British Columbia had more people moving out to other provinces in 2023 than those coming in the opposite direction for the first time in more than a decade, according to figures from Statis...
Apr 02, 2024
Boy, 11, killed by large dogs while visiting Edmonton home
EDMONTON - Police say an 11-year-old boy has died after he was attacked by two large dogs in an Edmonton home. Officers responded to the attack at the home in the city's south side on Monday night. Po...
Apr 02, 2024
Family and friends recall 'brave' and 'selfless' aid workers killed in Israeli airstrike
An Israeli airstrike that killed seven aid workers in Gaza reverberated around the world Tuesday, as friends and relatives mourned the losses of those who were delivering food to besieged Palestinians...
Apr 02, 2024
B.C. introduces bill for First Nations land acquisition, holding rights
VICTORIA - British Columbia's government has introduced a bill that would give federally recognized First Nations the legal right to acquire and hold land in the province. B.C.'s Ministry of Indigenou...
Apr 02, 2024
