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Coquihalla closed Hope to Merritt northbound due to accidents

The Coquihalla Highway, inundated by a winter storm, has been shut down in the northbound lanes due to multiple accidents between Hope and Merritt. Southbound lanes between Merritt and Hope remain open, for now. Highway 5 at the summit has seen about 20 cm of snow in the last 24 hours with another 20-30 cm expected into Wednesday morning. DriveBC […]

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Kingston man faces obstruction charge for allegedly pressuring domestic assault victim not to testify

Kingston police say a man has been charged for trying to “dissuade” a domestic assault victim not to testify against him. Between June and September, police say a Kingston man was sending a woman numerous messages on multiple social media platforms, despite being under conditions not to contact her due to previous domestic violence-related charges. Police say they saw several […]

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Turkey jails nephew of cleric accused of orchestrating coup bid

Selman Gulen, nephew of self-exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, sentenced to 7.5 years in prison on terror-related charges. A Turkish court has sentenced a nephew of Fethullah Gulen, a cleric accused by Ankara of orchestrating a 2016 coup attempt, to seven-and-a-half years in prison on terrorism-related charges. Anadolu state news agency said on Tuesday that Selman Gulen was sentenced for being a […]

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Rights groups urge Thailand against deporting Bahraini footballer

Hakeem Al-Araibi, 25, was arrested at Bangkok airport following an Interpol notice issued at Bahrain’s request. Human rights organisations are urging Thailand against deporting a refugee footballer from Bahrain, warning he could be persecuted or wrongfully detained in the Gulf country. Hakeem al-Araibi, who used to play for the Bahrain national team and now lives in Australia, was arrested upon his arrival […]

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Waitress, 20, whose two piercings got lost INSIDE her

Waitress, 20, whose two piercings got lost INSIDE her was ‘warned she may never breastfeed’ after A&E medics feared she had blood poisoning Taila Millar said doctors told her she was at risk of poisoning from piercings The 20-year-old decided to get the piercings done as part of a Black Friday sale   During her neck piercing, she said it began […]

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Britain’s Brexit immigration plan could be delayed AGAIN

Britain’s Brexit immigration plan could be delayed AGAIN as it is revealed the paper does not include the target to cut numbers to the tens of thousands The  immigration white paper was originally meant to come out last autumn But the paper may be delayed until the New Year amid cabinet splits on policy Cabinet was meant to discuss it today but didn’t […]

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