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Cannabis company Choom obtains creditor protection, interim financing from Aurora
VANCOUVER - Choom Holdings Inc. and some of its subsidiaries have obtained creditor protection from the Supreme Court of British Columbia and interim financing from Aurora Cannabis Inc. In court filin...
May 03, 2022
Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says April home sales down
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales in the region fell in April and returned to more historically typical levels for the month. The board says residential home sales...
May 03, 2022
Report: Supreme Court draft suggests Roe could be overturned
WASHINGTON (AP) - A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report. A d...
May 03, 2022
Lightning Crashes: Tampa Bay comes out flat in Game 1 loss to Maple Leafs
TORONTO - Midway through Tampa Bay's post-game media availability on Monday, a couple of team staffers replaced the black cushioned chair at the front of the room for a different seat. It was the firs...
May 03, 2022
Nova Scotia mass shooting gunman drew police attention 10 years before killings
HALIFAX - A new document shows that the gunman who killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia had been on the radar of police up to a decade before his two-day rampage in April 2020. The report tabled Tues...
May 03, 2022
Live updates | Putin: Russia ready for talks with Ukraine
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has told French President Emmanuel Macron that Moscow is ready for talks with Ukraine. The Kremlin said in its readout of Tuesday's call that "despite Kyiv's ...
May 03, 2022
April showers lead to rainfall record set in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Those hoping April would kick start drier, spring-like weather were thoroughly disappointed.With 164.8 millimetres of rain measured by Environment Canada at Nanaimo Airport, last month was t...
May 03, 2022
Ukraine tells Canada Russia must be held to account: In The News for May 3rd
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 3rd, 2022 ... What we are watching in Cana...
May 03, 2022
National funeral today in Montreal for Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur
MONTREAL - A national funeral will be held later this morning for Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur. The final farewell to Lafleur begins at 11 a.m. with a ceremony at Mary Queen of the World Cath...
May 03, 2022
Highway blockades over old-growth logging aimed at forcing a dialogue, activists say
VANCOUVER - The activists behind road blockades and hunger strikes calling for an end to old-growth logging in British Columbia say their non-violent actions are aimed at sparking public discussion an...
May 03, 2022