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Evacuation alert lifted for Penticton, B.C., wildfire threat has 'subsided'
PENTICTON, B.C. - An evacuation alert has been lifted for nearly 3,700 properties in the path of a wildfire in British Columbia's south Okanagan region, while hundreds of others forced out of their ho...
Aug 24, 2020
Military lifts order grounding Snowbirds team, some restrictions still in place
OTTAWA - The Snowbirds are allowed back in the air after a deadly crash this spring saw the aerobatic team's iconic jets grounded in British Columbia for more than three months. The Royal Canadian Air...
Aug 24, 2020
Canadian Milos Raonic beats Daniel Evans, advances to round of 16
Canada's Milos Raonic has advanced to the round of 16 at the Western & Southern Open. Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., beat Great Britain's Daniel Evans 6-3, 7-5 in a second-round match at the openin...
Aug 24, 2020
City woman facing arson charge in relation to Crestwood fire
MEDICINE HAT, AB - City police have charged a woman in relation to a suspicious Crestwood fire last week.City fire crews were called out to douse a blaze at 6 p.m. last Wednesday at a four-plex on 22n...
Aug 24, 2020
Canadians join lawsuit to overturn opening Alaska wilderness to energy drilling
Canadian First Nations and environmentalists have joined a U.S. lawsuit aimed at overturning a decision that opens an Alaska wilderness to oil and gas exploration. The Gwich'In Tribal Council, which r...
Aug 24, 2020
Bernier says O'Toole not a real conservative, unlike his People's Party
OTTAWA - People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier launched a full-throated attack on Erin O'Toole Monday, accusing the newly minted Conservative leader of wearing a "true blue" mask during the leadership ...
Aug 24, 2020
U.S. trade office rejects WTO panel decision on Canadian softwood lumber
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade representative is taking issue with the latest decision from the World Trade Organization on Canada's long-standing dispute with its largest trading partner over exports of...
Aug 24, 2020
NY AG probes if President Trump inflated assets for loans
New York's Democratic attorney general asked a court Monday to enforce subpoenas into an investigation into whether President Donald Trump and his businesses inflated assets on financial statements. A...
Aug 24, 2020
Non-essential transit service returns, single-ride ticket price increases
MEDICINE HAT. AB - Transit fares will be going up beginning next month as the city will be allowing for non-essential bus travel again. Health restrictions put in place saw city officials advise bus s...
Aug 24, 2020
Blue Jays acquire 1B/DH Daniel Vogelbach from Mariners
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired struggling slugger Daniel Vogelbach from the Seattle Mariners for $100,000. The Blue Jays announced the move Sunday night. The 27-year-old Vogelbach was a...
Aug 24, 2020