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Sister of Alberta Williams, murdered in 1989, hopes for justice from inquiry
SMITHERS, B.C. - The older sister of Alberta Williams, whose body was found in 1989 east of Prince Rupert, B.C., hopes a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women will help find the ...
Sep 29, 2017
'Some progress' made as contract talks resume between GM and striking workers
TORONTO - Bargaining talks have resumed between General Motors and more than 2,500 striking workers at a southern Ontario automotive assembly plant. Negotiations initially broke down shortly after the...
Sep 29, 2017
Soldier accused of sexual assault at a social event at Manitoba base
OTTAWA - A soldier has been been charged with sexual assault and behaving in a disgraceful manner. The Department of National Defence says the alleged crime happened at a social event in December 2016...
Sep 29, 2017
Winter work stoppage at Site C megaproject prompts layoffs: BC Hydro
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro confirms about 200 workers at the Site C dam construction project in northeastern British Columbia have been laid off by the consortium that holds the main civil works contract. A...
Sep 29, 2017
Court tells Ottawa to reconsider 1952 pipeline deal on B.C. reserve
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal has set aside a government decision approving the expansion of Kinder Morgan’s oil pipeline through the Coldwater Indian Band reserve south of Merritt, B....
Sep 29, 2017
Former Olympic rower Harold Backer pleads not guilty to fraud in securities case
VICTORIA - An investment dealer and former Olympic rower who went missing for nearly 18 months has pleaded not guilty to two fraud charges. Harold Backer was not in B.C. provincial court during a hear...
Sep 29, 2017
Thwarted emergency debate on tax reforms not the end of the discussion
OTTAWA - A Conservative bid for an emergency debate on the Liberal government’s controversial small business tax proposal was thwarted Wednesday, but that does not mean they - nor the public - a...
Sep 29, 2017
Trump threat hovers over NAFTA as Ottawa talks end with no major progress
OTTAWA - The third round of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement wrapped Wednesday with the spectre of a U.S. withdrawal by President Donald Trump looming ever larger, thanks t...
Sep 29, 2017
Man trapped in Yellowknife garbage truck rescued, not seriously injured
YELLOWKNIFE - A man has been rescued from a garbage truck in Yellowknife. RCMP say they received a call from a person who saw a man fall from a dumpster into the back of the trash truck early Tuesday ...
Sep 29, 2017
Liberals working on apology for 1939 decision to refuse ship of Jewish refugees
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are working on an apology for the Canadian government’s decision in 1939 to turn away a boat of German Jews hoping to seek asylum in Canada, The Canadian Press has ...
Sep 29, 2017