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Coldstream property tax notices to be sent out Friday
Residents of Coldstream will be receiving their property tax notices in the coming weeks.The District of Coldstream said it would sent out the 2025 Property Tax Notices Friday, May 9, to ensure delive...
May 7, 2025
Another comeback, but rare Game 1 win in a playoff series for Edmonton Oilers
LAS VEGAS - The Edmonton Oilers winning the first game of a playoff series was rare. Coming from behind to do it was not. Edmonton's 4-2 victory at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday to kick off a second-round...
May 7, 2025
Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya given $7,700 fine or 1-year prison sentence
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya were fined $7,700 or the option to serve 12 months in prison - the maximum penalty for the offense - for violating wildlife c...
May 7, 2025
In the news today: Carney to update premiers on Trump, Feds mending social fractures
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... More work to do after meeting with Trump: Carney Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to brief Canada's prem...
May 7, 2025
Cardinals process into St Peter’s Basilica for a final Mass before conclave to elect the next pope
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals entered St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday to celebrate a final Mass before the conclave to elect the next pope. The Mass precedes the secretive, ritual-filled process to ...
May 7, 2025
Ottawa looking for ways to mend tears in Canada's social fabric, document shows
OTTAWA - Senior federal officials have been looking quietly for ways to bring together Canadians who don't see eye to eye on the economy, immigration and social issues. With a general election looming...
May 7, 2025
Carney says there's 'more work to do' after meeting with Trump
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to brief Canada's premiers today following his seemingly successful first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Carney and Trump spent ab...
May 7, 2025
Canada's Alert Ready system undergoes annual test today, coast to coast, except Que.
Alert Ready, Canada's emergency public alerting system, will be put to the test today. The alert and its distinctive tone will be broadcast on TV, radio, and some compatible wireless devices. Each pro...
May 7, 2025
Planned burn could have killed trapped firefighters, says B.C. safety report
British Columbia's worker protection agency says a planned burn by the province's wildfire service during the devastating 2023 fire season could have killed or injured multiple firefighters who became...
May 7, 2025
Fighter jet landing on USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier goes overboard, forcing pilots to eject
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An F/A-18 fighter jet landing on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea went overboard, forcing its two pilots to eject, a defense official told The...
May 7, 2025
