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Ottawa promises plan to help Afghan interpreters, stops short on timeline
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says the federal government is working on a plan to help Afghans who worked with Canada and could now be facing retribution from the Taliban. Pressure is ...
Jul 16, 2021
Former NFL first-rounder Shane Ray thankful for chance to play with Toronto Argonauts
Shane Ray is thankful to be playing football again, even if it's with a new team and in a new league he knows precious little about. The six-foot-three, 245-pound defensive end is battling for a roste...
Jul 16, 2021
Majority of Canadians feel 3/4 should be fully vaccinated before U.S. border opens
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new poll from the Angus Reid Institute gives new insights into how Canadians feel about the current state of the pandemic, how it has been handled in Ottawa, and when the internatio...
Jul 16, 2021
Wildfire evacuation order, alerts in B.C., but showers in forecast for some areas
The evolving wildfire situation in British Columbia prompted another evacuation order as flames from an out-of-control blaze threaten a rural area of northern B.C. The Regional District of Bulkley-Nec...
Jul 16, 2021
Canada to have new refugee stream for journalists, others who defend human rights
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marco Mendocino says there will be a new path to Canada for refugees who fear persecution because of their defence of human rights. The new stream will include anyone fac...
Jul 16, 2021
New Brunswick Sen. Judith Keating, a 'tireless advocate,' has died at 58
OTTAWA - New Brunswick Sen. Judith Keating has died. She was 58 years old. Keating was appointed to the Senate in January 2020 and sat with the Independent Senators Group. She was a lawyer and constit...
Jul 16, 2021
U.S. lawmaker who led charge against restrictions cheers Canada-U.S. border news
WASHINGTON - The member of Congress who led the charge against travel restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border is cheering the news that their days may finally be numbered. New York's Rep. Brian Higgins...
Jul 16, 2021
3 men charged over 2018 fatal Missouri tourist boat accident
A local prosecutor on Friday filed a total of 63 felony criminal charges against three employees over a July 2018 tourist boat accident on a Missouri lake that killed 17 people. The charges were filed...
Jul 16, 2021
Supreme Court sides with Lac Seul First Nation over flooding compensation
OTTAWA - The Lac Seul First Nation of northern Ontario has won a key round in its long fight to be properly compensated for the flooding of its lands caused by construction of a dam. In an 8-1 ruling ...
Jul 16, 2021
Whoop-Up Days set for September 2-5
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Whoop-Up Days makes its return in Lethbridge later this summer.The festival will take place September 2 to 5 at Exhibition Park, with some changes. Admission and parking on-site will ...
Jul 16, 2021