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Around 260 tickets & 13 roadside suspensions handed out during P.A. traffic blitz
Nearly 260 traffic tickets were handed out in Prince Albert over a two-day stretch.On Wednesday and Thursday, Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) hosted a Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) ...
Aug 19, 2023
B.C. state of emergency helps rapid response to raging wildfires: Eby
British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government's decision to declare a provincial state of emergency allows authorities to rapidly access tools and implement measures to deal with the evolving...
Aug 19, 2023
Canada's Evan Dunfee places fourth in men's 20km race walk at world championships
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Canada's Evan Dunfee placed fourth in the men's 20-kilometre race walk at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday. The 32-year-old Richmond, B.C., native set a national recor...
Aug 19, 2023
B.C. declares wildfire emergency amid desperate battle to save West Kelowna
Homes were ablaze on Friday in West Kelowna, B.C., with firefighters locked in a pitched battle against a rampaging wildfire that helped trigger a provincewide state of emergency.British Columbia Prem...
Aug 19, 2023
Federal underfunding Indigenous housing leads to years-long wait-lists, frustration
Stefania Giesbrecht was hoping that by the time she finished her studies, she could move back to her community of Saugeen First Nation.But after nine years on a wait-list, the single mother of three s...
Aug 19, 2023
Toronto FC has high hopes for young South African international Cassius Mailula
TORONTO - While Toronto FC hopes South African international Cassius Mailula can make a difference this season, it's clear both parties have an eye to the future. For TFC, the 22-year-old forward repr...
Aug 19, 2023
The latest news on the wildfires ravaging British Columbia
A state of emergency remains in place today across British Columbia as threatening wildfires force thousands of residents to evacuate from homes in the Okanagan in the southern Interior and elsewhere ...
Aug 19, 2023
Yellowknife veterinarian helps pets flee fires, supports animals left behind
Yellowknife veterinarian Michelle Tuma was having a hectic month even before an encroaching wildfire forced the mass evacuation of her home community. Nothing prepared her for the chaos of getting tho...
Aug 19, 2023
Sweden beats Australia to win another bronze medal at the Women's World Cup
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Sweden won yet another bronze medal at the Women's World Cup, with Fridolina Rolfo and Kosovare Asllani scoring Saturday in a clinical 2-0 win over tournament co-host Austra...
Aug 19, 2023
Veterans, advocates want to see changes at Veterans Affairs under new minister
OTTAWA - It's been just over three years since Veterans Affairs Canada released a strategy to tackle its 23,000 backlogged benefits applications, and that file has landed on the desk of a new minister...
Aug 19, 2023
