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Vernon seeking grants for trees at Kin Beach Park
The City of Vernon is seeking outside funding so more trees can be planted at a park on Okanagan Lake.Following a tree health risk assessment, a total of 22 mature Poplar trees from Kin Beach Park wer...
Sep 4, 2025
Ottawa must cancel or significantly reform temporary foreign worker program, says Eby
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the temporary foreign worker program should "be cancelled or significantly reformed" because the province can't have an immigration system that takes...
Sep 4, 2025
Northwestern president announces resignation following tenure marked by White House tension
Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced Thursday that he will resign, ending a three-year tenure marked by the freeze of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding by the Tr...
Sep 4, 2025
Victims of Quebec weekend plane crash identified, investigation continues
LA TUQUE - The victims of a plane crash over the weekend in La Tuque, in the province's Mauricie region, have been identified. The victims are Valrie Fortier, 42, of St-Valre, and Jean-Pier Godin, 41,...
Sep 4, 2025
Fact File: Montreal church did not burn down; old video used in false arson claim
Video showing a church in flames appeared on social media this week along with claims the fire happened at Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica and was the result of arson by "Islamists." The actual video i...
Sep 4, 2025
Chiefs vote down pitch to include First Nations infrastructure in major projects push
WINNIPEG - First Nations chiefs today voted down a resolution that would have called on Ottawa to include First Nations infrastructure ventures in its national push to fast-track major projects. The r...
Sep 4, 2025
Ontario’s top doctor says province needs to modernize vaccine registry, calls for national schedule
TORONTO - Ontario's top doctor is calling for a national immunization schedule and registry to address gaps exposed by the resurgence of measles in Canada - but first, he says his own province needs a...
Sep 4, 2025
Rubio says US is designating 2 more gangs as foreign terrorist groups
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thurday that the United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations in the Trump administration's lates...
Sep 4, 2025
B.C. hits Canadian September heat record again as smoke warnings persist
VANCOUVER - Temperatures in British Columbia have hit all-time Canadian record levels for the month of September for the second consecutive day, as extremely hot and smoky conditions persist across mu...
Sep 4, 2025
B.C. hits Canadian September heat record again as smoke warnings persist
VANCOUVER - Temperatures in British Columbia have hit all-time Canadian record levels for the month of September for the second consecutive day, as extremely hot and smoky conditions persist across mu...
Sep 4, 2025
