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California's Pacific Gas & Electric charged in 2019 wildfire
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California prosecutor filed 33 criminal charges Tuesday against the troubled Pacific Gas & Electric for a 2019 wildfire officials blamed on the utility. The Sonoma County di...
Apr 06, 2021
Parts of Alberta's draft school curriculum plagiarized, academic finds
CALGARY - An expert in plagiarism says parts of Alberta's proposed curriculum for kindergarten and elementary schoolchildren were copied from other sources without credit.Sarah Elaine Eaton, a profess...
Apr 06, 2021
California plans to lift most pandemic restrictions June 15
SAN FRANCISCO - California plans to lift most coronavirus restrictions on businesses and workplaces June 15, with officials saying enough people should be vaccinated by then to allow for life to almos...
Apr 06, 2021
2 new COVID exposure events at Kwalikum secondary school
PARKSVILLE - More COVID-19 exposure events are confirmed in the Parksville Qualicum school district.School District 69 confirmed two members of the Kwalikum secondary school community recently tested ...
Apr 06, 2021
Fire sweeps through unfinished condos in Kelowna, B.C., forcing nearby evacuations
KELOWNA, B.C. - A condominium development under construction in Kelowna, B.C., has been severely damaged in a fierce early morning blaze. Flames broke out in a new phase of the Parklane townhouse comp...
Apr 06, 2021
Montreal mosque says windows broken after man shot at building with air pistol
Montreal police say they will be investigating a video posted to social media that appears to show a man shooting an air pistol at a city mosque. The Centre Communautaire Islamique Assahaba in east-en...
Apr 06, 2021
Trudeau, O'Toole, demand accountability as Iranian officials indicted for PS752 crash
OTTAWA - Ten officials have been indicted in Iran over the 2020 military shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people, but the move did nothing to quell Canadian demands for account...
Apr 06, 2021
MLB officially moves All-Star Game to Denver's Coors Field
DENVER - The All-Star Game will be played at hitter-friendly Coors Field. Major League Baseball officially announced the new venue Tuesday after pulling the Midsummer Classic from Atlanta over objecti...
Apr 06, 2021
Sabres sitting Taylor Hall in anticipation he'll be traded
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Buffalo Sabres are taking the precautionary step of scratching forward Taylor Hall for their game at New Jersey on Tuesday in anticipation the NHL's 2018 MVP will will be traded in...
Apr 06, 2021
Vaccines are helping but won't solve the pandemic on their own, federal doctors warn
OTTAWA - Federal politicians and medical experts warn that COVID-19 vaccines are helping but will not be the pandemic panacea. Health Minister Patty Hajdu says even as vaccinations ramp up, workplaces...
Apr 06, 2021