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'Difficult' Surrey, B.C. police decision on RCMP or municipal force Friday: minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says Surrey residents will know Friday who will police the Metro Vancouver city, the RCMP or the municipal Surrey Police Service. Farn...
Apr 27, 2023
CFL reaches multi-year broadcast agreement with CBS Sports Network
TORONTO - The CFL has reached a multi-year broadcast agreement with CBS Sports Network, the league announced Thursday. The deal will see CBS Sports Network carry 34 games this year. CBS Sports Network...
Apr 27, 2023
Police say they're worried about mother after newborn found dead in Victoria lot
VICTORIA - Police in Victoria say they are worried about the welfare of a new mother whose baby was found dead. Officers and an ambulance were called Wednesday night to a report of a baby found in a p...
Apr 27, 2023
'Broken system:' Policing shortages facing N.B. communities highlight national issue
FREDERICTON - Some New Brunswick communities are being forced to find creative solutions to law enforcement because of RCMP policing shortages, a phenomenon experts say is symbolic of what much of sma...
Apr 27, 2023
US sanctions Russia, Iran entities for detaining Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Thursday sanctioned Russia's Federal Security Service and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence organization for wrongfully detaining Amer...
Apr 27, 2023
Washington state shields people seeking abortion, trans care
SEATTLE (AP) - Washington state enacted legal protections Thursday for people who travel there seeking reproductive and gender-affirming procedures and treatment, becoming the latest Democrat-led stat...
Apr 27, 2023
Foreign-interference office coming 'soon' but not yet ready to launch: Mendicino
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Liberals are not ready to launch the foreign-interference office they promised in last month's federal budget, amid ongoing scrutiny of allegat...
Apr 27, 2023
Hot spell hikes risks of flooding, avalanches and fire across British Columbia
VANCOUVER - As British Columbia heads into its first warm spell of the year, forecasters are warning the heat could raise avalanche and flood risks, while the danger of wildfires has already nudged up...
Apr 27, 2023
Police say director of Montreal seniors home billed for services that weren't given
MONTREAL - The head of a private seniors residence in Montreal is facing fraud charges after he allegedly billed a regional health authority for resident services that were never provided. Quebec anti...
Apr 27, 2023
Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's...
Apr 27, 2023