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UPDATE: Tanya Roberts, Bond girl and ’70s Show’ star, hospitalized
LOS ANGELES – Tanya Roberts, who captivated James Bond in “A View to a Kill”…
TRENDING NOW: Hundreds sing sea shanty virtually and it is awesome
At this point in the COVID-19 pandemic a lot of us are getting pretty tired…
Slack kicks off 2021 with a global outage
Slack, the messaging service used by millions of people for work and school, suffered a…
Fundraising efforts for South Okanagan family after son dies in New Year’s Day house fire
The community of Osoyoos is mourning the death of a young man who died on…
Former residential school in Lower Post slated for demolition: premier
LOWER POST, B.C. – A building where locals pick up their mail, look for work…
Canadian companies paying bonuses — and even increasing them amid COVID-19
TORONTO – Canadian companies may have spent the past year laying off staff and dealing…
A list of politicians who travelled abroad despite pandemic-era advice to stay home
A number of politicians have admitted to leaving the country over the December holiday period,…
Trump, on tape, presses Ga. official to ‘find’ Trump votes
ATLANTA – President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia's election chief to overturn Joe…
B.C. approves NHL games, becoming second province to OK play
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks have been given the go ahead to play in British…
Feds weigh cutting COVID-19 sickness benefit for Canadians who have travelled
OTTAWA – The federal government is weighing whether to bar people who have travelled overseas…
Safety issues mount as U.S. skiers hit backcountry in pandemic
DENVER – On March 14, Colorado's governor issued an executive order shutting down ski resorts…
‘This is unfortunate’: Inside Elections Canada after Trump’s tweet on voting machines
OTTAWA – Elections Canada watched as social media posts from Canadians began wondering if the…
Industry, local mayors say they weren’t consulted on B.C. fish farm phase out plan
VANCOUVER – Several Vancouver Island mayors and members of British Columbia's salmon farming industry say…
California funeral homes run out of space as COVID-19 rages
LOS ANGELES – As communities across the country feel the pain of a surge in…
After pardon, Blackwater guard defiant: ‘I acted correctly’
WASHINGTON – Evan Liberty was reading in the top bunk of his cell one evening…
‘Sky is the limit:’ Pilot project using drones to send medical supplies, COVID tests
MORLEY, Alta. – The windswept foothills of Alberta's Rocky Mountains are the setting for a…
Watch out LA: Feds calculate riskiest, safest places in US
Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In…
Cruz leads 11 GOP senators challenging Biden win over Trump
WASHINGTON – A coalition of 11 Republican senators announced Saturday it will challenge the outcome…
RCMP say 4 dead in helicopter crash in northwestern Alberta
SPIRIT RIVER, Alta. – Four people have died in a helicopter crash in northwestern Alberta,…
Aquarium agrees to delay beluga whale delivery amid lawsuit
HARTFORD, Conn. – A Connecticut aquarium has agreed to delay its acquisition of five beluga…
‘Expensive, extreme:’ Environment Canada’s annual Top 10 weather stories list
It was another year of record-breaking disasters and crazy, dangerous weather from coast to coast,…
Goodbye 2020: A look at lessons learned, communities forged in a year like no other
There's little doubt that the momentous events of 2020 will leave indelible marks on many…
Pop Culture in (ugh) 2020, from the bizarre to the sublime
And now, for our annual look at the year in pop culture…. Oh, wait. It…
What’s at stake for the main political parties as an election looms in 2021
OTTAWA – For all the bluster among federal political leaders about not wanting an election…