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Courts continue to support homeless encampments. Could designated tent cities be a good middle ground?
At least one homeless advocate hopes to see communities struggling with a large homeless population put their support behind designated encampments.Whatever you call them - tent cities, tent communiti...
Jan 30, 2023
Hunt on for suspect after girl sexually assaulted at hockey rink
Police are looking for a man wanted for sexually assaulting a girl who was under the age of 10 at the Lashburn hockey rink on January 29. Maidstone RCMP said the assault was in a dressing room of the ...
Jan 30, 2023
Government says there is no need for every toxic chemical to have a pollution plan
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals will not change Ottawa's environmental protection law to make it mandatory for every toxic substance to have a pollution prevention plan. John Moffet, an assistant deputy...
Jan 30, 2023
Judge says Federal Court lacks jurisdiction for Uyghur genocide case
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge has thrown out a Uyghur group's attempt to sue the Liberal government over its lack of response to a possible genocide in China. The judge says courts can only rule on w...
Jan 30, 2023
Quebec RCMP say they rescued man trying to cross U.S. border on foot through woods
MONTREAL - Quebec RCMP say they rescued a man over the weekend who became lost in the woods in heavy snow while trying to cross the border into the United States. Cpl. Tasha Adams says a person called...
Jan 30, 2023
Team McEwen finds spark at Ontario Tankard to earn berth at Tim Hortons Brier
After a mediocre first half of the season, Mike McEwen's new-look team finally found the spark it was looking for at the Ontario Tankard. Now the foursome will wear home province colours at the March ...
Jan 30, 2023
Giroux, Nylander, Vasilevskiy named NHL's three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Ottawa right-wing Claude Giroux, Toronto right-wing William Nylander and Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy are the NHL's three stars of the week. Giroux had seven points (four goals, ...
Jan 30, 2023
PBR donates about $23,000 to BTEC, Colby Cave Foundation and Ronald McDonald House
The North Battleford Professional Bull Riders (PBR) made a big donation recently to help a number of charity organizations in the area.The PBR committee presented a total of $22,941 to three charities...
Jan 30, 2023
Const. Nicole Chan feared she'd never work again after hospital stint: VPD sergeant
BURNABY, B.C. - A Vancouver police sergeant who says he was Const. Nicole Chan's friend and mentor has told a coroner's inquest that Chan believed she would never return to work because human resource...
Jan 30, 2023
Congressman wants Canada, U.S. to use video teleconferencing for Nexus interviews
WASHINGTON - A New York congressman wants to add some Zoom to the sluggish effort to clear a bilateral backlog of Nexus trusted-traveller applications. If passed, the "Make Nexus Work Act," introduced...
Jan 30, 2023