Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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US agrees to send lethal weapons to Ukraine, angering Russia
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has approved a plan to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine, a long-awaited move that deepens America's involvement in the military conflict and may further strain r...
Dec 23, 2017
Homeless man returns mistakenly donated diamond ring returned to B.C. woman
NANAIMO, B.C. - A British Columbia woman says she is "thrilled" to have a cherished diamond ring back, thanks to the dogged work of a homeless man on Vancouver Island. Trinda Gajek was visiting Nanaim...
Dec 23, 2017
Fiat Chrysler recalls nearly 1.8M trucks for shifter problem
DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler is recalling nearly 1.8 million Ram trucks mainly in North America because they can be shifted out of park without the driver's foot on the brake or possibly without the key in...
Dec 23, 2017
Rocket lights sky as it carries satellites from California
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A reused SpaceX rocket carried 10 satellites into orbit from California on Friday, leaving behind a trail of mystery and wonder as it soared into space. The Falcon ...
Dec 23, 2017
PM should repay taxpayers for trip to Aga Khan's private island: opposition
OTTAWA - Opposition parties are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to repay all or part of the transportation and security costs for a Christmas vacation to the Aga Khan's private Bahamian islan...
Dec 21, 2017
Fires, floods and ferocious winds on top weather list in 2017
Environment Canada's chief climatologist has compiled his top weather stories of 2017 - a year which David Phillips says was marked by unusually long periods of conditions that just wouldn't go away. ...
Dec 21, 2017
One Canadian dead, 3 injured in Mexico bus crash that killed 12 people
Peter Rakobowchuk, The Canadian Press MONTREAL - A bus crash in eastern Mexico that claimed the lives of 12 people, including a Canadian woman, has left families in two provinces in a state of shock. ...
Dec 20, 2017 The family of Stephanie Horwood have confirmed she is the Canadian killed in a bus crash in Mexico Dec. 19, 2017 (Stephanie Horwood/ Facebook)
Ethics watchdog says Trudeau vacation on private island broke conflict rules
OTTAWA - Federal ethics commissioner Mary Dawson has concluded that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated conflict of interest rules when he vacationed last Christmas at the private Bahamian island o...
Dec 20, 2017 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in an undated photograph following the Liberal party's 2015 federal election win. (Justin Trudeau/Twitter)
Liberals’ pension plan for disabled veterans won’t take effect until 2019
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is promising to provide injured veterans with more financial compensation and assistance in the form of long-promised lifelong disability pensions for those inju...
Dec 20, 2017
More than one third who consumed pot drove within two hours: Health Canada survey
OTTAWA - More than one third of Canadians who reported consuming cannabis in a Health Canada survey said they'd gotten behind the wheel of a car within two hours of pot use. Among respondents who repo...
Dec 19, 2017
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