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Survey show only 20 per cent of workers want to return to office full-time post-COVID
A new survey suggests Canadians are in no rush to head back to the office, even as COVID-19 cases and deaths decline across the country. A recent poll by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies...
May 30, 2021
Hernández, Tellez HR, Jays beat Indians 4-1 in opener
CLEVELAND (AP) - Teoscar Hernndez and Rowdy Tellez homered in the fourth inning off Aaron Civale, and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Cleveland Indians 4-1 in the first game of a doubleheader Sunda...
May 30, 2021
Lake search resumes for missing firefighter
KELOWNA - The search has resumed for a missing and presumed drowned man in Okanagan Lake.Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR) said Sunday (May 30) their volunteers and RCMP divers are scouring t...
May 30, 2021
Nanaimo man loses $5,000 to Bitcoin scam, two others have close calls
NANAIMO - Mounties are again urging caution as online scammers continue to target victims through social media platforms. Police said three scams were reported within the last two month including one ...
May 30, 2021
'Time to put it all on the line': Leafs looking to turn the page ahead of Game 7
TORONTO - Nick Foligno still believes.The same goes for Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and the rest of the Toronto Maple Leafs.Believing, however, is one thing. Doing is something different entirely.To...
May 30, 2021
Fueling box-office rebound, 'Quiet Place' opens with $58.5M
NEW YORK (AP) - Moviegoing increasingly looks like it didn't die during the pandemic. It just went into hibernation. John Krasinski's thriller sequel "A Quiet Place Part II" opened over the Memorial D...
May 30, 2021
Netanyahu rival seeks unity deal with his opponents
JERUSALEM (AP) - The leader of a small hard-line party says he will try to form a unity government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opponents. Sunday's announcement by Yamina Party leader Naft...
May 30, 2021
Military's diversity, inclusion efforts plagued by shortcomings: internal review
OTTAWA - An internal Defence Department audit completed last fall but only recently released has uncovered significant problems in the military's attempts to promote diversity and inclusion in the ran...
May 30, 2021
'They're going to visit their friends:' local therapy dogs honoured for work in schools, care homes
NANAIMO - Three local therapy dog handlers and their four-legged companions were recently recognized for making a true difference in their community.Jim Bell, Beth Clarke-Gilman and Linda Omen were al...
May 30, 2021
'To make change in Nunavut': Homegrown lawyers ready to enter legal profession
IQALUIT - For the first time in more than 15 years, Nunavut has a group of homegrown lawyers. Last month, 23 students wrote their final exams for the Nunavut law program in the same classroom they spe...
May 30, 2021