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Searching landfill for remains of Indigenous women too complex for police: RCMP
OTTAWA - Internal emails show the former head of the RCMP believed police are not equipped to handle the complexities of searching a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of slain Indigenous women. T...
Jul 07, 2023

Whitecaps need to compete for 'entirety of the game': Sartini
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are hoping home comforts once again provide relief after a loss on the road. Vancouver (6-6-7) was blanked 3-0 by Sporting Kansas City on July 1, their eighth road ...
Jul 07, 2023

Coroner identifies second victim in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean landslide
MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner's office is confirming the identity of the woman killed in a landslide in the province's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region last weekend. Pascale Racine, 44, was one of two peop...
Jul 07, 2023

Family of Jared Lowndes sue RCMP over 2021 shooting death in Campbell River
VANCOUVER - Family members of a man shot and killed by the RCMP have filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court, the day before the two-year anniversary of his death. Relatives of Jared Lowndes say in a no...
Jul 07, 2023

Dutch media report that the Dutch government has failed to agree on a new migration package
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Tense talks between the four parties that make up Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's ruling coalition failed to broker a deal over ways to rein in migration, Dutch media r...
Jul 07, 2023

Free Fishing Weekend
If your family and friends don't fish - they don't know what they're missing! Grab your gear and take them to the nearest lake during Free Fishing Weekend July 8-9. Before you know it, they'll be hook...
Jul 07, 2023

B.C. mass-stabbing killer apologizes to victims, cites 'enormous' drug use
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The man who committed a deadly mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, B.C., two years ago, has apologized to each of his victims by name at his sentencing hearing. Yann...
Jul 07, 2023

The US will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration will provide thousands of cluster munitions to Ukraine and take steps to address concerns by NATO allies on the dangers the controversial weapon poses to civ...
Jul 07, 2023

Veteran Ottawa quarterback Masoli to make '23 season debut versus Ticats
HAMILTON - They're opponents now, but Simoni Lawrence still has a soft spot in his heart for Jeremiah Masoli. Masoli will make his season debut when Ottawa (1-2) visits the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (0-3) o...
Jul 07, 2023

RCMP musical ride coming to James Smith Cree Nation
The RCMP's Musical Ride performs in up to 50 communities across Canada each year, and later this month one of those stops will include James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN).The performance will take place on...
Jul 07, 2023