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S. Korean court upholds prison term for ex-president Park
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 20-year prison term for former President Park Geun-hye over bribery and other crimes as it wrapped up a historic corruption...
Jan 13, 2021
WHO team arrives in Wuhan to search for pandemic origins
WUHAN, China - A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins ami...
Jan 13, 2021
China agrees to increase consular, family access for Spavor and Kovrig
OTTAWA - Canada has obtained an agreement to allow greater family and consular access for Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, the two Canadians detained for more than two years in China. A spokesperson...
Jan 13, 2021
North Carolina's Emily Fox, Washington State's Trinity Rodman go 1-2 in NWSL draft
U.S. international Emily Fox and Trinity Rodman, daughter of former NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman, went 1-2 in the NWSL draft Wednesday evening.Expansion Racing Louisville FC took Fox, a defender-midfield...
Jan 13, 2021
B.C. expands immunization team to help smooth rollout of COVID-19 vaccine
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials say they've added a senior official to the province's immunization response team to help with the program as it gets more complex. Dr. Penny Ballem will be...
Jan 13, 2021
Tesla balks at touch screen recall, US agency takes action
DETROIT - Tesla Inc. is balking at recalling about 159,000 vehicles with potentially defective touch screens, so U.S. safety regulators are moving to force the company to take action. The National Hig...
Jan 13, 2021
Asia Today: China's cases spike ahead of WHO research visit
BEIJING - China is seeing a new surge in coronavirus cases in its frozen northeast as a World Health Organization team was due to arrive to probe the origins of the pandemic. China on Thursday also re...
Jan 13, 2021
Ex.-Michigan Gov. Snyder charged in Flint water crisis
LANSING, Mich. - Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder was charged Wednesday with wilful neglect of duty stemming from an investigation of ruinous decisions that left Flint with lead-contaminated water and...
Jan 13, 2021
Island Health bounces back to near record high of new cases found
NANAIMO - A dip in new cases of COVID-19 discovered within Island Health was temporary. Another 28 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed by Island Health on Wednesday, Jan. 13. This is up significantly...
Jan 13, 2021
Regional District of Nanaimo conducting widespread search for new CAO
NANAIMO - The Regional District of Nanaimo is preparing for a change at the top.Current chief administrative officer Phyllis Carlyle told the RDN in the first half of 2020 she would not extend her fiv...
Jan 13, 2021