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Federal party leaders work to drive home key messages as election day approaches
OTTAWA - Party leaders emphasized familiar themes Thursday as they criss-crossed the country to shore up support in the final stretch of the federal election campaign. Conservative Leader Pierre Poili...
Apr 24, 2025

B.C. First Nation at UN calling for government help in battling toxic drug crisis
NEW YORK - Members of the Tsilhqot'in Nation in British Columbia are at the United Nations headquarters in New York City calling for the provincial and Canadian governments to fund recovery beds and o...
Apr 24, 2025

B.C. First Nation at UN calling for government help in battling toxic drug crisis
NEW YORK - Members of the Tsilhqot'in Nation in British Columbia are at the United Nations headquarters in New York City calling for the provincial and Canadian governments to fund recovery beds and o...
Apr 24, 2025

Texas lawmakers approve $1B private school voucher plan
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas lawmakers on Thursday passed a $1 billion education bill that allows families to use public money to pay for private school tuition, a major victory for school voucher propo...
Apr 24, 2025

Hillview Elementary students focus on climate action in photograph series
Local elementary school students explored Vernon to photograph images that inspired them to think about climate action in the community.As part of the Climate Action Ripple Effect (CARE) program, 110 ...
Apr 24, 2025

Funding provided for wildfire risk reduction projects in the Okanagan, B.C.
A series of projects have been supported to reduce wildfire risks, enhance forest health, and make use of more wood fibre locally and provincially.The B.C. Government said a $19-million investment wil...
Apr 24, 2025

Man given five months in U.S. jail for smuggling people across border from B.C.
SEATTLE - The U.S. District Attorney's office in Seattle says a 27-year-old man has been sentenced to five months in jail for helping smuggle eight Indian nationals across the border between British C...
Apr 24, 2025

Man given five months in U.S. jail for smuggling people across border from B.C.
SEATTLE - The U.S. District Attorney's office in Seattle says a 27-year-old man has been sentenced to five months in jail for helping smuggle eight Indian nationals across the border between British C...
Apr 24, 2025

Supreme Court to review mandatory minimum sentence in prostitution case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to examine the constitutionality of a mandatory minimum sentence for purchasing sexual services from someone under age 18. The decision comes in a case ...
Apr 24, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Quebec court overturns out-of-province tuition hike
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has invalidated the provincial government's tuition hike for out-of-province students. The ruling also overturns a new requirement that 80 per cent of out-of-p...
Apr 24, 2025

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