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'Nothing to be envious about:' Experts caution against following U.S. lead on COVID
Canadians may be looking with envy at the United States as it lifts COVID-19 restrictions and distributes vaccinations, but experts say key indicators show there's no reason to covet our southern neig...
Apr 15, 2021
"Blanket" property tax increase freeze for Nanaimo businesses off the table
NANAIMO - Every business in Nanaimo won't have their property taxes frozen this year.Nanaimo councillors debated the option to mitigate the property tax increase for Nanaimo businesses in their financ...
Apr 15, 2021
Political party governing Montreal mulls disarming police and redirecting funds
MONTREAL - The political party governing Montreal is questioning whether all city police need to carry firearms at all times. Projet Montreal adopted a motion during the municipal party's recent conve...
Apr 15, 2021
Legal challenge seeks to overturn Quebec ban on cannabis T-shirts, other products
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge is hearing the final day of arguments in a head shop's challenge of a provincial law that bans the sale of cannabis-themed products. The co-owner of Prohibitio...
Apr 15, 2021
Barbers, artists help defy vaccine myths for people of colour
SAN DIEGO - In a Washington, D.C., suburb, Black and Latino barbers are busting myths about the coronavirus vaccine while clipping hair. Across the country, a university researcher in Phoenix teamed u...
Apr 15, 2021
Judge: R. Kelly to be moved to NYC for sex-trafficking trial
NEW YORK - A federal judge gave the green light Thursday to move jailed R&B singer R. Kelly to New York City to go on trial this summer after several delays. Kelly has been held in Chicago, where ...
Apr 15, 2021
Vancouver Aquarium now owned by Dollywood theme park operator Herschend Enterprises
VANCOUVER - A privately owned entertainment company based in the United States is the new owner of the Vancouver Aquarium. The aquarium says in a statement 100 per cent ownership has been acquired by ...
Apr 15, 2021
Vancouver Aquarium now owned by Dollywood theme park operator Herschend Enterprises
VANCOUVER - A privately owned entertainment company based in the United States is the new owner of the Vancouver Aquarium. The aquarium says in a statement 100 per cent ownership has been acquired by ...
Apr 15, 2021
Bellator 257 a family affair for Canadian mixed martial arts trio
Bellator 257 will be a family affair Friday when former featherweight champion Julia (The Jewel) Budd and lightweight Lance Gibson Jr. share a card for the first time. Budd, 37, is Gibson's stepmother...
Apr 15, 2021
Quebec and Ottawa reach $600-million deal for light rail station at Montreal airport
MONTREAL - Quebec and Ottawa have reached a $600-million deal to fund a link connecting the Montreal-Trudeau International Airport to the city's new light rail system. The project was in jeopardy afte...
Apr 15, 2021