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Key B.C. highway reopens to truck traffic after severe flood damage
VANCOUVER - A major highway linking Metro Vancouver and southern British Columbia to the rest of the province has reopened about a month after severe flooding damaged the route in several areas. The B...
Dec 20, 2021

Mad Hatter & Happy Hatter - December 20
Mad HatterA local venue wants you to see them as a benevolent, community spirited, economy driver, and yet they charge all the charitable, not for profit organizations who donate time and money to the...
Dec 20, 2021

More restrictions, more boosters in provinces today as Omicron threat looms
Canada's battle to contain the Omicron variant continues on multiple fronts today, with three provinces reintroducing public health restrictions and a fourth expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine...
Dec 20, 2021

Boosters snapped up in Ontario, new COVID restrictions in effect in some provinces
Adults in Ontario looking to book a COVID-19 vaccine booster may have to wait more than a week for an appointment as many health regions say bookings were snapped up this morning. The province has exp...
Dec 20, 2021

"Huge success": Redcliff residents chip in for Stuff a Cruiser event
REDCLIFF -- Redcliff RCMP are calling their "Stuff a Cruiser" fundraiser for the local food bank a huge success. "..we collected 4402.7 lbs of food and raised over $1,500.00," Sgt. Al Rivard, acting R...
Dec 20, 2021

Church agency: Captive missionaries made daring escape
Captive missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by making a daring overnight escape, eluding their kidnappers and walking for miles over difficult, moonlit terrain with an infant and other child...
Dec 20, 2021

Hockey Canada withdraws from Spengler Cup due to COVID-19 concerns
CALGARY - Hockey Canada has withdrawn its team from the Spengler Cup. Canada often competes in the European club-based tournament based in Davos, Switzerland, sending a squad of Canadians selected off...
Dec 20, 2021

Saving Grace Animal Society overloaded, overwhelmed as adoptions drop
Saving Grace Animal Society, which is based in Alix, is in a state of emergency, officials say.In a release, a shelter spokesperson says the society has been hit hard this month with an increase in re...
Dec 20, 2021

Prosecutor: Minnesota cop negligent in Daunte Wright's death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A prosecutor told jurors on Monday that the suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte...
Dec 20, 2021

Israel to ban travel to US, Canada over omicron variant
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli ministers on Monday agreed to ban travel to the United States, Canada and eight other countries amid the rapid, global spread of the omicron variant. Prime Minister Naftali Be...
Dec 20, 2021