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Trump pardons 15, including Republican allies
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned 15 people, including Republican allies, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2...
Dec 22, 2020
Alberta government says no parks to close after partnerships found
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it won't be closing any provincial parks, whether it can find someone to run them or not. "I am grateful for the hard work of our parks partners and look forward...
Dec 22, 2020
First COVID-19 vaccinations occur on Vancouver Island, nine new cases announced
NANAIMO - Efforts to vaccinate frontline health care workers in Island Health have officially begun.The first of 1,950 doses of the approved Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was administered to Dena Scriven, a...
Dec 22, 2020
Liberals post call-out for candidates for next federal election
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are looking for candidates seeking to run for them in the next election, focusing on people who have been working to help their communities through the COVID-19 pandemic....
Dec 22, 2020
Nanaimo youth ticketed for breaking COVID-19 protocols in school parking lot
NANAIMO - Police "brought the hammer down" on young people partying in a Nanaimo school parking lot. Eleven teenagers were each given a $230 ticket for not following COVID-19 protocols near midnight o...
Dec 22, 2020
B.C. sets temporary cap on food delivery fees for restaurants
VICTORIA - British Columbia's public safety minister has announced a temporary fee cap of 15 per cent charged to restaurants by food delivery companies as part of a plan to help the struggling hospita...
Dec 22, 2020
Three Hamilton Police Service officers stabbed, suffer serious injuries: police
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Police Service says three of its officers are being treated in hospital for stab wounds after responding to reports of an armed man in crisis on a city street.Const. Krista-Lee...
Dec 22, 2020
Interior Health reports 20 more COVID-19 cases at Big White ski resort
KELOWNA, B.C. - Another 20 cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed at Big White ski resort in Kelowna, B.C., in an outbreak the Interior Health authority says is mostly related to shared housing. The au...
Dec 22, 2020
Train cars carrying crude oil derail, burn north of Seattle
BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Seven train cars carrying crude oil derailed Tuesday and five caught fire north of Seattle close to the Canadian border, authorities said. The derailment occurred in the downtown C...
Dec 22, 2020
Judge who visited protest teepee on Regina legislature grounds faces judicial review
REGINA - A judge who visited a Metis man at his protest camp on Saskatchewan's legislature grounds after ruling he was entitled to stay there is facing a review by his fellow judges. The Canadian Judi...
Dec 22, 2020