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Georgia judge to toss landmark racketeering charges against 'Cop City' protesters
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia judge on Tuesday said he will toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter tr...
Sep 9, 2025
Vernon man ready to see the world after lottery win
A Vernon man is packing his bags after a big lotto win.Randall Dunn scored a $500,000 Extra prize in the Lotto 6/49 draw in August."I was at the store, and I thought the machine malfunctioned," Dunn t...
Sep 9, 2025
Union says 4,000 workers on 22 pickets as B.C. public service strike expands
Picket lines by British Columbia's public service employees are expanding to 22 sites involving more than 4,000 workers in an escalation of their labour dispute with the province.Among the new picket ...
Sep 9, 2025
Kelowna council explores borrowing plan to accelerate city projects
Kelowna city council is considering a borrowing strategy that could provide up to $60 million for major infrastructure and strategic land projects. The proposal was outlined during a presentation to c...
Sep 9, 2025
Union says 4,000 workers on 22 pickets as B.C. public service strike expands
Picket lines by British Columbia's public service employees are expanding to 22 sites involving more than 4,000 workers in an escalation of their labour dispute with the province. Among the new picket...
Sep 9, 2025
UPDATE: Coldstream rescinds State of Local Emergency
-- UPDATE --With the Noble Canyon wildfire contained, the District of Coldstream has rescinded the State of Local Emergency.The State of Local Emergency was declared at the onset of the fire Friday, S...
Sep 9, 2025
Liberal MPs meet in Edmonton to prepare for fall sitting, major projects agenda
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal caucus is meeting in Edmonton this week ahead of the fall sitting of Parliament. It's the first time the caucus has met since June, and the first caucus r...
Sep 9, 2025
Vancouver-based Teck Resources and Anglo American announce $70 billion tie-up
In what's shaping up to be the world's biggest mining deal of the past decade, Teck Resources Ltd. has agreed to a tie-up with London-headquartered Anglo American PLC to create a copper-focused giant ...
Sep 9, 2025
Over 350 Greenlandic women and girls forcibly given contraception by Danish officials, report says
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities in cases that d...
Sep 9, 2025
Minister who oversaw Quebec auto board during cost overrun scandal out of cabinet
QUBEC - One of the Quebec ministers who oversaw an auto insurance board project that incurred major cost overruns says he will be shuffled out of cabinet. Franois Bonnardel, now public security minist...
Sep 9, 2025
