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Flag raising at B.C. legislature honours residential school survivors, lost children
VICTORIA - Fresh fall winds helped mark a flag-raising ceremony today at the British Columbia legislature honouring residential school survivors and remembering children who never came home. The orang...
Sep 25, 2023
Bahrain says attack by Yemen rebels kills one Bahraini officer and one soldier on the Saudi border
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Bahrain's military command says one of its officers and a soldier were killed in a drone attack by Yemeni rebels while patrolling the Yemeni-Saudi border. The statem...
Sep 25, 2023
Head of Alta commission on Rocky Mountain coal mining concerned over new applications
At least two members of the group that recommended a pause on coal mining in Alberta's Rocky Mountains are concerned the province's regulator appears to have accepted applications to renew a project t...
Sep 25, 2023
Raiders' Garoppolo is in concussion protocol, putting his start for Chargers game in question
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) - Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is in concussion protocol, putting his status in question for when Las Vegas visits the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. Garoppolo was injured...
Sep 25, 2023
Lahaina residents begin returning to sites of homes destroyed by deadly wildfire
HONOLULU (AP) - Some Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks ago. Authorities allowed res...
Sep 25, 2023
MD of Greenview hosting public hearing for IDP with the Town of Valleyview
The Municipal District of Greenview is holding a public hearing Tuesday, September 26 to discuss amendments to the Intermunicipal Development Plan with the Town of Valleyview.This is to change the lan...
Sep 25, 2023
Military drops sexual misconduct charge against Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan
GATINEAU, Que. - The military has dropped a charge related to alleged sexual misconduct against Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan, who was removed from his job as head of military personnel in 2021 after the alle...
Sep 25, 2023
Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in 2019 agreed Monday to pay more than $5 million to families of the victims. Patric...
Sep 25, 2023
Knowing where your money is going proves crucial to supporting Indigenous businesses
TORONTO - Jaymie Campbell has been running her beading and quilling business for over five years. It's a money-making venture but for her, it is about more than income. "It's so much about cultural re...
Sep 25, 2023
Shopping for something to wear on Orange Shirt Day? Here's what you need to know
Every dollar spent on an orange T-shirt for Truth and Reconciliation Day should be a conscious effort to uplift an Indigenous business or community, experts say. Shopping for orange T-shirts from Indi...
Sep 25, 2023