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Thompson RCMP searching for missing 30-year-old woman
Thompson RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating 30-year-old Susie Spence, who was reported missing on April 13.
Gas firm says a contractor is dead in a gas plant fire near Fort St. John, B.C.
FORT ST. JOHN — A contractor has been killed and another person hurt in a fire in a gas plant north of Fort St. John, B.C. Alberta-based Tourmaline Oil, which runs the Gundy oil and gas extraction ...
Not a scratch on Jets' Perfetti this year
Perfetti’s “how it went last year” comment refers to him being scratched from the lineup down the stretch and through most of ...
'Hard to believe': NHL players rank Jets' Hellebuyck a lowly No. 3
Connor Hellebuyck is not the best goalie in the NHL or even the second-best, according to the players who face him every game ...
B.C. to change law to stop employers from asking for 'unnecessary' doctor sick notes
British Columbia’s labour and health ministries announced Tuesday that changes would be made to the province’s Employment Standards Act, which will stop employers from asking employees for ...
Hit-and-run on TMU campus appears to have targeted a specific person: Toronto police
The driver of a vehicle that struck several pedestrians on Toronto Metropolitan University’s downtown campus may have been targeting a specific individual on the walkway before speeding away from the ...
NY prison guards indicted in connection with an inmate's death, governor says
Multiple New York prison guards have been indicted in connection with the “disturbing” death of an inmate last month during a wildcat officers’ strike, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday.
Pentagon senior adviser Dan Caldwell ousted in investigation into leaks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has been placed on administrative leave and was escorted out of the Pentagon by security on Tuesday, two defense ...
Mozambique carried out a brutal crackdown on post-election protests, Amnesty says
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Mozambique’s security forces carried out a brutal, three-month crackdown on protesters after the country’s election last year, a leading international rights group said ...
Millions in merchandise taken by burglars who tunneled through concrete into LA jewelry store
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Burglars tunneled through a concrete wall to gain access to a Los Angeles jewelry store, making off with at least $10 million worth of watches, pendants, gold chains and other ...
B.C. changes law to stop employers from asking for 'unnecessary' doctor sick notes
British Columbia is changing its employment standards legislation to stop employers from asking employees for “unnecessary” sick notes, the province’s labour minister says.
First Nation launches challenge of B.C.'s approval to raise Mount Polley mine dam
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia First Nation has filed a legal challenge over the plan to allow the Mount Polley mine to raise its tailings dam a decade after a similar storage site at the mine gave ...