Albert Wagner 
This winter has been drier than normal throughout British Columbia, and the impacts are expected to felt by the local salmon population. “We’ve seen some low snowpack years here and there,” said Aaron Hill, executive director of Watershed Watch Salmon Society. “This is the lowest I remember ever seeing it.” The provincial … Read more
ORLANDO, Fla. – Toronto’s Summer McIntosh defeated all-time great Katie Ledecky of the United States in the 800-metre freestyle on Thursday and set a Canadian record in the process. The 17-year-old McIntosh swam the women’s 800 metres in eight minutes 11.39 seconds to finish first at the Southern Zone South Sectional Championships meet … Read more
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s Republican governor and lieutenant governor are urging the State Board of Education to take action against a conservative board member whose social media post questioning the gender of a high school basketball player incited a tirade of threats against the girl. Natalie Cline, who has previously come under … Read more
MIAMI – Haywood Highsmith of the Miami Heat was ticketed for careless driving, police records show, after he crashed into a man who was trying to assist the driver of another disabled vehicle stopped in the road. The injured man, police said, needed a partial amputation of a leg and had other fractures … Read more
TACOMA, Wash. – A Washington State Patrol trooper arrested a woman on suspicion of drunken driving when she was actually experiencing a life-threatening brain bleed and booked her into jail where officials mocked her instead of getting her medical attention, according to a civil rights lawsuit. The federal lawsuit filed Feb. 1 in … Read more
(NewsNation) — The U.S. Supreme Court is set to take up whether misinformation related to COVID-19 is protected free speech, and if so, whether the Biden administration violated Americans’ First Amendment rights. During the pandemic, Biden officials urged platforms to scrub unverified content and amplify correct information related to the virus. Those platforms included Facebook, … Read more
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging to fix the federal access-to-information system to speed up response times and release more information. He made the commitment speaking to reporters in Vancouver, where he announced a new revenue plan for First Nations alongside leaders in the region. Successive reviews concluded the access … Read more
A former Olympian and longtime track coach pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of sexually molesting young boys while working at a sports camp in western Massachusetts in the 1970s. Conrad Mainwaring, who was a hurdler for Antigua and Barbuda in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, faced 12 counts of indecent assault and … Read more
Ottawa says it is aware of reports that another Canadian citizen has gone missing in the Gaza Strip. Global Affairs Canada says it is providing consular assistance to the family but can’t share more because of privacy considerations. The Associated Press reports that Israeli forces detained two young adult American brothers and … Read more
WASHINGTON – Senate votes to begin work on an aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in wake of border deal’s collapse. This is a breaking news update. More to come. The U.S. Senate on Thursday made a last-gasp push toward approving wartime funding for Ukraine and other U.S. allies, … Read more
