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Canada joins allies in condemning latest Hong Kong arrests by China
OTTAWA - Canada's foreign affairs minister is joining counterparts from the U.S., Britain and Australia in condemning last week's mass arrest of politicians and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. F...
Jan 10, 2021

Lions sign all-star defensive back Marcus Sayles to three-year deal
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have signed free agent defensive back Marcus Sayles to a three-year contract. In 34 games over two seasons (2018-19) with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the native of Alpharetta...
Jan 10, 2021

Mounties investigate reported incident of person wearing a white hood in Grimshaw
RCMP say they are investigating a complaint about a person who was reportedly outside a business in Grimshaw, wearing a white hood over his head.A picture that was circulating on social media Saturday...
Jan 10, 2021

Forced to travel during pandemic, Nunavut women want birthing services at home
IQALUIT, Nunavut - In October, Collette Nilaulak gave birth, alone, to her third child in a hospital room about 1,200 kilometres from her home in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Pandemic restrictions meant one...
Jan 10, 2021

NHLers know not everyone's happy they're playing: 'We're not blind'
Connor McDavid knows what it looks like to some. Millionaire hockey players travelling province to province for games when everyone else is asked to refrain from doing anything remotely similar as the...
Jan 10, 2021

Top Republican says Trump committed 'impeachable offences'
WASHINGTON - Democrats' momentum for a fresh drive to quickly impeach outgoing President Donald Trump has gained support, and a top Republican said the president's role in the deadly riot at the Capit...
Jan 10, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine arrives in remote First Nations across Canada
First Nations across Canada have begun to receive doses of COVID-19 vaccines as provincial immunization programs get underway and Indigenous leaders encourage people to roll up their sleeves. Six of 1...
Jan 10, 2021

Cars for Christmas Lottery gears up for 12 days of Christmas draw
The Cars for Christmas lottery is gearing up for it's 12 Days of Christmas draw on January 12. Starting on Monday, every day on Big Country 93.1 and Q99, a winning name will be drawn for each prize pa...
Jan 10, 2021

Canada's mission in Iraq at a crossroads as ISIL declines, new threats emerge
OTTAWA - More than six years after Canada first deployed troops to the Middle East to help fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, hundreds of Canadian Armed Forces personnel remain in the reg...
Jan 10, 2021

Sister in B.C. waits for little brother's ashes that seem to be lost in transit
VANCOUVER - Courtney Baker doesn't know what she's going to do with the urn she's picked out for her little brother's ashes. They were supposed to arrive by express post from Edmonton to Vancouver mor...
Jan 10, 2021