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B.C. parties leave door open to electoral reform without a referendum
VANCOUVER - Neither of British Columbia’s two main political parties are ruling out changing the province’s electoral system without holding a referendum. The New Democrats’ campaign...
May 18, 2017
Grad season kicks off Friday at Hunting Hills
The central Alberta grad season gets underway this weekend. Hunting Hills graduates, who number 300, will be the first to receive their diplomas during a ceremony Friday evening. Ceremonies for Lindsa...
May 18, 2017
Local conservatives pleased to see Wildrose/PC merger moving forward
Local conservatives politicians are unanimous in their belief that a merger of the Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties is a good thing for Alberta. “It is a great day," says Wildrose L...
May 18, 2017
Oregon governor forgives boy for swiping hazelnut, pen
SALEM, Ore. - The governor of Oregon has pardoned a fourth-grade boy who swiped a hazelnut and a pen during a recent tour of the state capitol. Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday tweeted out a photo of the b...
May 18, 2017
Three B.C. dairy workers who pleaded guilty to animal cruelty get jail time
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - British Columbia’s provincial court says three dairy farm workers from the Fraser Valley have been sentenced to jail for causing distress to an animal after an undercover vide...
May 18, 2017
Canadian ambassador to France says Macron's election great news for Canada
MONTREAL - Emmanuel Macron’s election as French president was the best news Canada could have hoped for, particularly regarding free trade, Canada’s ambassador to France said Thursday. Mac...
May 18, 2017
Members of British Columbia vigilante group face assault charges: RCMP
SURREY, B.C. - RCMP say two men associated with a vigilante group in Surrey, B.C., have been charged with assault. Police say Ryan LaForge is charged with one count of assault and one count of utterin...
May 18, 2017
Robbers hit the road: Canada-wide warrants issued for luxury car thieves
EDMONTON - Police in Edmonton have issued Canada-wide warrants for two women allegedly involved in a national auto-theft ring targeting luxury vehicles. Police say the ring originated in Ontario and i...
May 18, 2017
O'Chiese woman to be sentenced for 2014 fatal stabbing
A young woman who pleaded guilty in relation to a fatal stabbing at the O'Chiese First Nation will be sentenced in July. Kieron Beaverbones, who was 20, died after being stabbed in the upper chest ear...
May 18, 2017
Acclaimed Canadian historian and author Michael Bliss dies at 76
TORONTO - Canadian historian and author Michael Bliss has died at the age of 76. The University of Toronto announced his death on its website on Thursday, but gave no cause of death. It said details o...
May 18, 2017