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Risky pandemic behaviour off the clock could mean workplace discipline: lawyers
CALGARY - Employment lawyers say flouting COVID-19 public health orders when off the job or coming into work while knowingly sick could warrant discipline in the workplace - including termination in t...
Apr 17, 2021
Canada's naked MP speaks out: leaked photo sends message 'anything goes' in politics
OTTAWA - The Liberal MP who inadvertently flashed his parliamentary colleagues says the fact that a screenshot of him in the nude was leaked to the media sends a troubling message about the corrosive ...
Apr 17, 2021
Vancouver Whitecaps ready for challenges of another pandemic season
VANCOUVER - Heading into a new season, Vancouver Whitecaps coach Marc Dos Santos is frustrated. Just days before the Whitecaps are set to kick off their Major League Soccer campaign, he has yet to hol...
Apr 17, 2021
Risky pandemic behaviour off the clock could mean workplace discipline: lawyers
CALGARY - Employment lawyers say flouting COVID-19 public health orders when off the job or coming into work while knowingly sick could warrant discipline in the workplace - including termination in t...
Apr 17, 2021
NMHA hires director of hockey operations
NANAIMO - A new position has been created by Nanaimo Minor Hockey to oversee the development of its players and coaches.The Nanaimo Minor Hockey Asssociation (NMHA) announced Gaelan Patterson, 30, wil...
Apr 17, 2021
Iran names suspect in Natanz attack, says he fled country
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran named a suspect Saturday in the attack on its Natanz nuclear facility that damaged centrifuges there, saying he had fled the country "hours before" the sabotage happened. While the...
Apr 17, 2021
U.S. climate envoy Kerry in Seoul for climate discussions
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - U.S. climate envoy John Kerry met with South Korea's foreign minister in Seoul on Saturday for talks ahead of a virtual climate summit of world leaders called by President ...
Apr 17, 2021
‘Godzilla’ shark discovered in New Mexico gets formal name
SANTA FE, N.M. - The 300-million-year-old shark's teeth were the first sign that it might be a distinct species. The ancient chompers looked less like the spear-like rows of teeth of related species. ...
Apr 17, 2021
American, 2 Russians return to Earth from space station
MOSCOW - An American astronaut and two Russians have returned to Earth after six months aboard the International Space Station. A Soyuz space capsule carrying NASA's Kate Rubins and Russians Sergey Ry...
Apr 17, 2021
China, Russia using their COVID-19 vaccines to gain political influence
OTTAWA - China and Russia have been using their locally produced COVID-19 vaccines to grow their international soft power by giving doses to desperate countries in order to have more political influen...
Apr 17, 2021