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COVID-19 precautions mean free transit for Nanaimo and area riders
NANAIMO - Efforts to promote social distancing and limit face-to-face encounters are having a positive benefit for bus riders. The Regional District of Nanaimo announced all their buses will be loaded...
Mar 20, 2020 RDN Transit riders will now enter through the rear doors of all buses, unless they have mobility challenges at which point they can use the front. (File photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Dutch court convicts tram shooter of deadly terror attack
A Dutch court convicted a radicalized Muslim man Friday of murder with a terrorist motive and sentenced him to life imprisonment for opening fire on a tram and killing four people last year. The defen...
Mar 20, 2020
Sobeys installs Plexiglas shields, other measures, to fight spread of COVID-19
Plexiglas shields at cash registers are among new measures that Sobeys grocery stores announced on Friday morning to help protect customers and staff from COVID-19. Store hours will also be reduc...
Mar 20, 2020
Securing medical supplies and TV doctors offering help; In The News for March 20
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 20 ... COV...
Mar 20, 2020
Music festival, barbecue championship postponed in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Beale Street Music Festival and the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Memphis, Tennessee, have been postponed because of the new coronavirus outbreak. Memphis in May ...
Mar 19, 2020
Air Canada lays off more than 5,000 flight attendants amid COVID-19 pandemic
MONTREAL - A union official says Air Canada is laying off more than 5,000 flight attendants as the country's largest airline cuts routes and parks planes due to COVID-19. Wesley Lesosky, who heads the...
Mar 19, 2020
'Never have I experienced anything like this:' VIU wins championship amid sports shutdown
NANAIMO - When the VIU Mariners women's volleyball team left for the CCAA nationals in Quebec, their only goal was to come back with a third straight gold medal.But with the sports world shutting down...
Mar 19, 2020 The VIU Mariners won their third straight CCAA national volleyball title. But with the threat of the coronavirus hanging over the event the players weren't sure their matches would even happen. (CCAA Sports)
India hangs 4 men convicted for fatal New Delhi gang rape
NEW DELHI - Four convicts were hanged Friday for the 2012 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a moving bus in New Delhi. The men were hanged at Tihar Jail in New Delhi, Pres...
Mar 19, 2020
Grammy-winning artist Lecrae distributes wash stations
ATLANTA - Grammy-winning hip hop recording artist Lecrae joined forces with non-profit organization Thursday to assemble and distribute portable hand-washing stations throughout Atlanta in areas with ...
Mar 19, 2020
Don't wait for Parliament, start processing applications for financial aid now: Singh
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging the federal government to immediately begin accepting applications for emergency financial aid from Canadians struggling during the COVID-19 crisis. In...
Mar 19, 2020