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Another avalanche in Revelstoke

Experts says time is paramount in rescue efforts

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Camping rates going up province-wide

A cheap getaway just got a little more expensive. Camping rates are going up across the province with daily fees will jumping between one and five dollars -- with the most expensive costing $30 a night.

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Mounties ready for White Nationalists rally planned for Sunday

A 'White Civil Rights' group is being told free speech and open demonstrations are welcome -- as long as they don't affect public safety.

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Public warning issued following two Vancouver home invasions

Vancouver Police have issued a public warning after two elderly women have been victims of home invasion robberies over the last week or so.

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National 19 Mar, 2010 0 0

Cops say Mtl store killings a professional job; arrest owner on bail violation

MONTREAL - The owner of a boutique where two men were gunned down in a gangland-style hit was placed under arrest while Montreal police Friday probed possible Mafia links to the killings. Police confirmed the double-shooting that touched off chaos the previous day in the picturesque streets of O

National 19 Mar, 2010 0 0

Convicted Somali refugee ordered deported last fall arrested in Winnipeg

WINNIPEG - A man who had been ordered out of Canada last fall has been arrested in Winnipeg. Mohamed Said Jama, 39, was arrested Friday on an outstanding immigration warrant by Canada Border Services Agency and Winnipeg Police Service. The Somali refugee was freed on statutory release from pr

National 19 Mar, 2010 0 0

Alberta man charged in attempted child abduction foiled by citizens

WHITECOURT, Alta. - RCMP have charged an Alberta man in a child abduction that was foiled by onlookers. Police say a man approached a girl at a school playground in Whitecourt on Wednesday, but people intervened to help her. Police were called and arrested a man a short time later. The gir

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World 19 Mar, 2010 0 0

Advocates question number of deaths from wild-horse roundup in Nevada

RENO, Nev. - Activists in the southwestern United States are questioning the rising death toll from a government roundup of wild horses in the state of Nevada. U.S. Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman JoLynn Worley says 77 mustangs involved in the Calico Mountains Complex gather have died so f

World 19 Mar, 2010 0 0

US, international diplomats call on Israel and Palestinians to return to negotiations

MOSCOW - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Friday that the United States and Israel have found a way around the worst disagreement the two allies have faced in years while international diplomats set goals for new U.S.-backed peace talks aimed at establishing an independent P

World 19 Mar, 2010 0 0

4th convicted member of Texas polygamist group gets 75-year sentence for child sexual assault

SAN ANGELO, Texas - The latest member of a polygamist group whose sprawling West Texas ranch was raided in 2008 has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for sexual assault of a child. Thirty-five-year-old Merril Leroy Jessop was sentenced Friday. Jurors earlier this week also found he violated T

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Sports 20 Mar, 2010 0 0

Brule's SO winner leads Oilers over Detroit, Red Wings salvage crucial point

EDMONTON - It was beginning to look like rookie goalie Devan Dubynk would never get this first NHL win. The Edmonton Oilers were winning 2-1 and holding on for dear life in the final minutes when Detroit's Brian Rafalski beat Dubnyk on a mad scramble in front of the net with just 0.2 seconds

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Friday's March Madness: all the NCAA basketball action

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A quick look at Friday's NCAA tournament action: East Regional No. 12 Cornell 78 No. 5 Temple 65 At Jacksonville, Fla., Ryan Wittman, Louis Dale and Jeff Foote led 12th-seeded Cornell to its first win in five NCAA tournament appearances. Dale scored 21 points, Wittm

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Rookie Backlund sets up a pair as Flames hold off slumping Sharks 4-3

CALGARY - With the Calgary Flames getting two key points in the Western Conference playoff race, Mikael Backlund could laugh off the embarrassing mistake that almost let the San Jose Sharks back in the game. The Flames moved into a tie with Detroit for eighth place in the West with a 4-3 win ove

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Business 19 Mar, 2010 0 0

TMX Group to reduce fees for securities trading at $1 or higher on TSX

TORONTO - TMX Group Inc. (TSX:X) says it will reduce its trading fees for securities trading at $1 or higher on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange. The changes, which will take effect April 1, will replace the current three-tier fee structure with a simpler two-tier structur

Business 19 Mar, 2010 0 0

Regulators shut banks in Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, Ohio and Utah; makes 37 this year

WASHINGTON - Regulators on Friday shut down seven banks in five states, bringing to 37 the number of bank failures in the U.S. so far this year. The closings follow the 140 that succumbed in 2009 to mounting loan defaults and the recession. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over First

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AbitibiBowater inches towards restructuring with initial approval of union deal

MONTREAL - AbitibiBowater is inching closer towards an exit from creditor protection after some union workers in Quebec approved concession-filled tentative agreements and the newsprint giant moved to sell a B.C. wood and paper mill. About 1,000 workers at three Quebec mills voted at least 85 pe

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Entertainment 19 Mar, 2010 0 0

Demi Moore, Nia Vardalos tweets involved in intervention in suicide threat

CASSELBERRY, Fla. - Actresses Demi Moore and Canadian Nia Vardalos were linked to an online chain of Twitter posts that ultimately led to Florida authorities intervening Friday when an 18-year-old man threatened to commit suicide. Moore's Twitter account, mrskutcher, was among those responding t

Entertainment 19 Mar, 2010 0 0

Talk show host Ellen presents US$30K scholarship to lesbian student in prom flap

JACKSON, Miss. - A lesbian high school student embroiled in a legal flap over her high school's prom policy has received a US$30,000 scholarship on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." Constance McMillen was speechless Friday when the talk show host, who is a lesbian, pulled out an oversized check from t

Entertainment 19 Mar, 2010 0 0

Mom of octuplets may lose home, mortgage holder says he is foreclosing

LA HABRA, Calif. - Octuplets mom Nadya Suleman could be kicked out of her Southern California home. Mortgage holder Amer Haddadin says he is starting foreclosure proceedings on the US$565,000 La Habra residence because the family hasn't kept up the payments. His friend and adviser, Ramsey Mas