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12 people injured in stabbing at Hamburg train station, authorities say
BERLIN (AP) - An assailant stabbed people at the central railway station in the German city of Hamburg on Friday, injuring 12 people - six of them critically, authorities said. A suspect in the attack...
May 23, 2025
Picking buffaloberries and electric fences: how wildlife is being managed ahead of G7
OTTAWA - Wildlife officials in Alberta have a plan to keep delegates safe from bear encounters during the G7 meeting in Kananaskis, Alta., next month. This week, more than 200 local kids from began pl...
May 23, 2025
New Royal Roads University campus named in honour of John Horgan
LANGFORD - The new campus of Royal Roads University is being named after the late John Horgan, honouring the former B.C. premier in the Vancouver Island community of Langford where he lived. Premier D...
May 23, 2025
Part of Vernon's rock scaling work deferred to the fall
Some of the planned rock scaling work in Vernon is being deferred, while the remainder is moving ahead on schedule.The City of Vernon said the work on Eastside Road, as part of the Rock Slope Stabiliz...
May 23, 2025
Lawyer challenging Trump's trade war says tariffs are 'illegal and abusive'
WASHINGTON - As a mounting number of challenges against U.S. President Donald Trump's global trade war start making their way through court, a lawyer representing small businesses says the tariffs are...
May 23, 2025
Ongoing strike threat could push more customers away from a struggling Canada Post
MONTREAL - Canada Post customers may face delays as 55,000 workers swear off overtime shifts, though a much bigger disruption was averted after the union backed down from a strike threat. However, exp...
May 23, 2025
Canadians warned to prepare for hurricanes regardless of how many storms are forecast
HALIFAX - A senior Environment Canada meteorologist says that as the Atlantic hurricane season is about to start, experts are predicting another active year. But Bob Robichaud at the Canadian Hurrican...
May 23, 2025
$923K already raised for Sovereign Lake Lodge renewal
The Sovereign Lake Nordic Club (SLNC) has already raised a significant amount of funds for its lodge renewal project.The organization said it had raised $923,000 in the last six months of fundraising....
May 23, 2025
New federal energy minister tells oil and gas executives it was some for quick wins
CALGARY - Canada's new energy minister walked into the lion's den in Calgary and spoke to oil and gas executives about Ottawa's plans to turn the country into an energy superpower. Tim Hodgson told a ...
May 23, 2025
Public input for Vernon's budget closes Monday
Vernonites have just a few days left to have a say in the city's budget for 2026.The deadline for residents to fill in a survey and identify how they believe the city should allocate funding for servi...
May 23, 2025
