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Business groups says slow down vaccine rule as PM, Tories trade barbs
OTTAWA - Business leaders are urging Ottawa to ease vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers to relieve the congested supply chain with the United States. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended Mond...
Jan 24, 2022
JPII junior basketball teams take tandem gold in Lloydminster
The John Paul II Collegiate (JPII) junior boys and junior girls basketball teams took home dual gold medals over the weekend in Lloydminster. Both teams won each of their three games through the weeke...
Jan 24, 2022
Breach of trust trial begins for former B.C. legislature clerk Craig James
VANCOUVER - A special prosecutor says the former clerk of the British Columbia legislature took advantage of his position as one of province's most senior public officials to allegedly use government ...
Jan 24, 2022
Province reports 909 new cases of COVID-19 today, total number of cases exceeds 110,000
The province is reporting another 909 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today along with 1,449 recoveries in the province.There are now 12,753 cases considered active, 2,288 are located in the northern ...
Jan 24, 2022
New space telescope reaches final stop million miles out
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The world's biggest, most powerful space telescope reached its final destination 1 million miles from Earth on Monday, a month after it lifted off on a quest to behold the ...
Jan 24, 2022
B.C. driver curious about speed of mother's car faces fines: police
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A novice British Columbia driver faces numerous tickets and nine penalty points after police allege he was travelling in excess of 200 kilometres per hour in his mother's car. Polic...
Jan 24, 2022
Trial underway for one more of accused in Tiki Laverdiere homicide
The trial is now underway for another of the individuals facing charges in the death of Tiki Laverdiere. Dressed in a black suit, Danita Thomas, 34, of North Battleford, pleaded not guilty to the char...
Jan 24, 2022
Ont. back-to-school effort roiled by absences, Que. looks to incentivize vaccination
New data out of Ontario shows many of its schools were hit by high rates of absences when in-person classes resumed last week, and Quebec has begun rolling out the next step in its efforts to boost CO...
Jan 24, 2022
Hope seen once the omicron wave increases global immunity
World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could give way to a new, more manageable phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as they warn of difficult weeks ahead and the...
Jan 24, 2022
Cooper Gallant looking to become fourth Canadian on Bassmaster Elite Series circuit
He caught his first largemouth bass at age five. Nineteen years later, Cooper Gallant is aiming to join the world's top professional bass circuit. The articulate 24-year-old from Bowmanville, Ont., is...
Jan 24, 2022