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The Latest | Biden says hostage deal could pause Gaza war, but Israel and Hamas show skepticism
February 27, 2024 - 1:58 PM

President Joe Biden has said Israel would be willing to halt its war on Hamas in Gaza during the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan if a deal is reached to release some of the hostages held by the militants.
Live updates | Israeli strikes hit Gaza. The UN says half a million people there are starving
December 21, 2023 - 8:46 PM

Israel kept up its blistering campaign of airstrikes and ground operations across the Gaza Strip, where the United Nations says more than half a million people are starving because not enough food has entered the besieged territory. That's roughly one in four people in Gaza.
Live updates | Israel bombs Gaza and unveils tunnel complex as hostage negotiations gain momentum
December 20, 2023 - 3:59 PM

At least 46 people were killed and more than 100 wounded early Wednesday after Israel bombarded the urban Jabaliya refugee camp near Gaza City, according to Munir al-Bursh, a senior official in the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.
Live updates | Limited telecom services return to Gaza, but the UN lacks fuel for aid delivery
November 17, 2023 - 9:23 PM

Limited phone and internet services began working again Friday across Gaza after fuel was delivered to restart generators that power the networks. Israel announced that it will allow two tanker trucks of fuel into Gaza each day for the United Nations and communication systems. That amount is half of what the U.N. said it needs for lifesaving functions including powering water systems, hospitals, bakeries and the trucks delivering aid.
Russia storms Mariupol plant as some evacuees reach safety
May 03, 2022 - 7:38 PM

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces Tuesday began storming the steel mill containing the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol, Ukrainian defenders said, just as scores of civilians evacuated from the bombed-out plant reached relative safety and told of days and nights filled with dread and despair from constant shelling.
Zelenskyy: Retreating Russians leave many mines behind
April 01, 2022 - 8:49 PM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his people early Saturday that retreating Russian forces were creating “a complete disaster” outside the capital as they leave mines across “the whole territory,” even around homes and corpses.
Russians leave Chernobyl site as fighting rages elsewhere
March 31, 2022 - 7:27 PM

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops handed control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back to the Ukrainians and left the heavily contaminated site early Friday, more than a month after taking it over, Ukrainian authorities said, as fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts.
Russia's Putin announces military operation in Ukraine
February 23, 2022 - 9:21 PM

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to “consequences they have never seen.”
Canada turns to U.S. Navy for help recovering downed military helicopter
May 19, 2020 - 7:00 PM

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is turning to the U.S. Navy for help finding and recovering the wreckage of a Cyclone helicopter that crashed off the coast of Greece last month, killing six service members and raising questions about the rest of the helicopter fleet.
Doctors plead for supplies, while nations seek to slow virus
March 23, 2020 - 10:13 PM

NEW YORK - Doctors and nurses pleaded for supplies such as masks and ventilators that are critical in their battle to treat a surging number of coronavirus patients, while governments on Tuesday continued to roll out measures that have put more than one-fifth of the world’s population under some form of lockdown.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
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Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

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Top News - Kamloops, Merritt and Areas

The Latest | Biden says hostage deal could pause Gaza war, but Israel and Hamas show skepticism

Live updates | Israeli strikes hit Gaza. The UN says half a million people there are starving

Live updates | Israel bombs Gaza and unveils tunnel complex as hostage negotiations gain momentum

Live updates | Limited telecom services return to Gaza, but the UN lacks fuel for aid delivery

Russia storms Mariupol plant as some evacuees reach safety

Zelenskyy: Retreating Russians leave many mines behind

Russians leave Chernobyl site as fighting rages elsewhere

Russia's Putin announces military operation in Ukraine

Canada turns to U.S. Navy for help recovering downed military helicopter

Doctors plead for supplies, while nations seek to slow virus

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