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A look at recent B.C. crime and public safety incidents ahead of fall election
Crime and street disorder have become a key political issue in British Columbia amid a series of violent stranger attacks and other public safety incidents. Here are some of events that have made the ...
Sep 23, 2024
Early days of B.C. campaign sees NDP, Conservatives trade barbs over housing, drugs
VANCOUVER - Drug policy and housing shortages are emerging as the top issues early in British Columbia's election campaign. New Democrat Leader David Eby and B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad spent...
Sep 23, 2024
Pope cancels his audiences due to slight illness days before a new trip
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis cancelled his audiences Monday because of a "slight flu-like state" just days before he is to embark on a trip to Belgium and Luxembourg, the Vatican said. The move was descri...
Sep 23, 2024
Israel calls on Lebanese to leave homes where Hezbollah stores arms as warplanes launch new strikes
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military has called on people in Lebanon to immediately evacuate homes and other buildings where the Hezbollah militant group stores weapons. The two sides exchanged heavy...
Sep 23, 2024
Israel calls on Lebanese to evacuate homes where Hezbollah stores arms as it launches new strikes
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military has called on people in Lebanon to immediately evacuate homes and other buildings where the Hezbollah militant group stores weapons. The warning on Monday came as...
Sep 23, 2024
Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka's president
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country i...
Sep 22, 2024
Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka's president
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's tenth president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the cou...
Sep 22, 2024
Flames jump out to a hot start, burn Kraken 6-1
SEATTLE - The Calgary Flames and Seattle Kraken both finished with 81 points last year in the Western Conference and missed the NHL playoffs by 17 points. Both organizations vowed during the off-seaso...
Sep 22, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Missing 6-year-old B.C. girl found safe near Burns Lake
BURNS LAKE, B.C. - A 6-year-old girl who had been missing from her community in north-central British Columbia since Thursday has been found safe. Resources from across the province were enlisted in t...
Sep 22, 2024
Yakemchuk scores in OT as Senators trip Leafs 6-5
TORONTO - Carter Yakemchuk's goal 2:37 into overtime allowed the Ottawa Senators to claim a 5-4 NHL pre-season victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs that almost got away on Sunday. After a four-goal th...
Sep 22, 2024