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MAID litigant says disability doesn't make her vulnerable to pressure to end her life
OTTAWA - Nicole Gladu has no time for the argument that she's a vulnerable person who needs to be protected from being coerced into seeking a medically assisted death. The 75-year-old Quebecer uses a ...
Dec 16, 2020
'Build it and they will come': Canada's public transit looks to rebound from COVID-19
MONTREAL - The COVID-19 pandemic has led to massive declines in public transit ridership across Canada, yet many cities decided to maintain service levels this year, while others even chose to expand....
Dec 16, 2020
Virus shuts many UK theatres but online the show goes on
LONDON - When Andrew Lincoln steps onstage at London's Old Vic Theatre as Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol," he looks out on an empty auditorium. The spectators are beyond the theatre walls, in ...
Dec 16, 2020
Search continues for remaining five scallop fishers after one found dead late Tuesday
HILLSBURN, N.S. - One of the six missing scallop fishers was found dead late Tuesday evening as teams search the shores near a Nova Scotia village for the remaining five. Rev. Bob Elliott, the pastor ...
Dec 15, 2020
AP Interview: Flattening curve wasn’t enough for New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand this year pulled off a moonshot that remains the envy of most other nations: It eliminated the coronavirus. But the goal was driven as much by fear as it was ambi...
Dec 15, 2020
CONCACAF Champions League win not enough to extend Montreal Impact's season
ORLANDO, Fla. - In a year stacked with adversity, a win wasn't quite enough for the Montreal Impact Tuesday night. The squad took a gritty 1-0 victory over Honduran club CD Olimpia in Orlando, where t...
Dec 15, 2020
$1.3M bike lane for Albert St., further pedestrian infrastructure included in 2021 budget
NANAIMO - Significant funding for a new bike lane and infrastructure to make Nanaimo streets safer is now included in the upcoming budget. Councillors voted in favour of approving $1.3 million for a b...
Dec 15, 2020
Man found not-guilty for alleged sex offence in Nanaimo involving family member
NANAIMO - A man was acquitted of fondling allegations stemming from a visit with relatives in Nanaimo. The BC Supreme Court decision from Madam Justice Heather MacNaughton on Tuesday, Dec. 15 followed...
Dec 15, 2020
Canadian junior team defenceman Thomas Harley an Edmonton "bubble" veteran
Thomas Harley has hockey "bubble" know-how.When the Canadian team arrived in Edmonton for the world junior hockey championship, the 19-year-old defenceman's insider knowledge on setting up his video g...
Dec 15, 2020
It's Miller time as Canada defender leaves Orlando City for Austin FC, then Montreal
Austin FC took Canadian defender Kamal Miller in Tuesday's MLS expansion draft, then promptly flipped him to Montreal in a trade. The Impact gave up US$225,000 in 2021 general allocation money and a f...
Dec 15, 2020