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Weeks of worry ease as alerts lift for two B.C. wildfires outside Kamloops, Lillooet
VANCOUVER - As British Columbia awaits an update due later today on fire, drought and flood conditions, residents in an area south of Kamloops can relax as all evacuation orders and alerts related to ...
Sep 13, 2023

Métis beading, kitchen party coming to Police Point Park
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A pair of celebrations of Mtis culture are coming to Police Point Park in the next two weeks. This Friday from 1-3 p.m. the MH Interpretive Program is hosting a Mtis Beading Worksho...
Sep 13, 2023

'Complete destruction': Canadians mobilize to help Morocco after earthquake
MONTREAL - A Canadian aid worker in Morocco says he's seen scenes of "complete destruction" in the wake of a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 2,900 people and left many more injured ...
Sep 13, 2023

PWHL, Canadian Tire reach multi-year agreement on sponsorship deal
TORONTO - The Professional Women's Hockey League has struck a multi-year agreement with Canadian Tire to be the league's first funding partner. The collaboration includes sponsorship of the PWHL's ina...
Sep 13, 2023

Woman with whom Texas AG Ken Paxton is said to have had an affair expected to testify at impeachment
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A woman with whom Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's staff say he carried on an extramarital affair is expected to testify in the Republican's impeachment trial Wednesday. The bi...
Sep 13, 2023

Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante has been captured after extensive search, Pennsylvania police
POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante has been captured after an extensive search, Pennsylvania State Police say. The Associated Press
Sep 13, 2023

Flooding in eastern Libya displaces at least 30,000 people, according to UN agency
DERNA, Libya (AP) - Devastating floods that engulfed a coastal city in eastern Libya have displaced at least 30,000 people, the U.N. migration agency says. The International Organization for Migration...
Sep 13, 2023

In the news today: Calgary daycare E. coli outbreak, Trudeau to meet MPs in London
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... More questions arise in daycare E. coli outbreak A report detailing critical he...
Sep 13, 2023

B.C. aware of dike problems before destructive flooding in 2021, documents show
Officials with the British Columbia government and the City of Merritt were aware of significant problems with dikes for several years before a series of atmospheric rivers flooded the community, docu...
Sep 13, 2023

Seven in 10 Canadians worried about climate change, link it to extreme weather
OTTAWA - A large majority of Canadians are worried about climate change and believe it is the reason for an increase in extreme weather, a new national poll suggests. But the Leger poll says only a sm...
Sep 13, 2023