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First Nations group wants to intervene in human rights case against Vancouver police

The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has launched an effort to gain intervener status in a human rights case involving an Indigenous man and his granddaughter over their treatment by Vancouver police while attempting to open a bank ac...

Trudeau can check out of quarantine hotel after overnight stay from Europe trip

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being allowed to check out from his quarantine hotel roughly 12 hours after checking in. Trudeau's office says he received his negative COVID-19 test Wednesday morning and can now leave the three-...

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime upsets Roger Federer in second round of Noventi Open

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Swiss star Roger Federer 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the second round of the Noventi Open on Wednesday. It was the first career meeting between the 20-year-old Auger-Aliassime and the 39-year-old Federer,...

Biden comments on meeting with Putin, says he stressed on human rights issues and arms control

US President Joe Biden says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed in detail the next steps their countries should take on arms control. At a news conference in Geneva, Biden said this means diplomats and military expe...

Discovery of body in downtown Nanaimo being treated as a homicide

The death of 27 year old Amy Watts, whose body was discovered in downtown Nanaimo, is being treated as a homicide. The deceased was discovered on Thursday June 3, 2021, in a small wooded steep ravine near the intersection of Alber...

British Columbia police watchdog clears Terrace RCMP officers of wrongdoing in crash

Two RCMP officers have been cleared of wrongdoing related to the fatal crash of an all-terrain vehicle in northwestern B.C. The Independent Investigations Office, which examines all cases of death or serious harm involving polic...

Annual inflation rate climbs to 3.6 per cent in May

Statistics Canada says the consumer price index in May was up 3.6 per cent compared with a year ago, its largest yearly increase since May 2011. The reading for May compared with a year-over-year gain of 3.4 per cent in April, whi...

PM Modi addresses VivaTech, says India offers what innovators, investors need

Noting that India has implemented huge reforms across sectors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the country has been "adaptable and agile" even in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. He invited investments on t...

B.C. reports no new COVID-19 deaths as it begins second step of reopening plan

British Columbia health officials are reporting 108 new cases of COVID-19 as the province begins step two of its reopening plan. They say in a statement B.C. has 1,496 active cases and 143,299 people have recovered from the infec...