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Ottawa mayor urges feds to bring workers back downtown to save local businesses
OTTAWA - The mayor of Canada's capital city is urging the federal government to send its workers back to their downtown offices to bolster flagging local businesses. Jim Watson says Ottawa has one of ...
Mar 22, 2022
B.C. logging company won't dispute First Nation land claim, lawyer tells court
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a British Columbia logging company says his client takes no position on whether a First Nation has title over an area it claims on Vancouver Island's west coast. However, Geof...
Mar 22, 2022
B.C. logging company won't dispute First Nation land claim, lawyer tells court
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a British Columbia logging company says his client takes no position on whether a First Nation has title over an area it claims on Vancouver Island's west coast. However, Geof...
Mar 22, 2022
B.C. allocates more than $8 million to boost legal-aid services
VICTORIA - The provincial government is investing another $8.19 million in legal aid in British Columbia, filling what it says are gaps in service. The Ministry of the Attorney General announced the f...
Mar 22, 2022
Q&A: The NDP and Liberals have a confidence and supply agreement. So what is it?
OTTAWA - The Liberals and the NDP have a penned a deal that would keep the minority government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in power until 2025 and move ahead on some mutually agreeable polici...
Mar 22, 2022
House Speaker Anthony Rota recovering from bypass surgery
OTTAWA - House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota was doing well after undergoing coronary bypass surgery. A statement from the Office of the Speaker says the Liberal MP was "resting comfortably" followi...
Mar 22, 2022
Canadian men look to return to World Cup, 37 years after historic win in St. John's
San Jose, Costa Rica, is a long way from St. John's, N.L., but the two could be forever intertwined if Canada beats the Costa Ricans on Thursday to secure World Cup qualification. The only other time ...
Mar 22, 2022
Montreal city councillor blasts Ukrainian anthem in front of Russian Consulate
Montreal city councillor Serge Sasseville stood in front of the Russian Consulate early this afternoon, flipped on a small speaker and turned up the volume to play the Ukrainian anthem. The musical pr...
Mar 22, 2022
Unique guitar & music equipment stolen from south Nanaimo garage
NANAIMO - A local musician is left without many tools of their trade after an early morning weekend theft.Collen Middleton's garage at his home in the 500 block of Victoria Rd., near Needham St. was b...
Mar 22, 2022
Olympic champ Justin Kripps support athletes' fight against Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton
Olympic champion Justin Kripps has thrown his weight behind Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes who are demanding change in their national sport organization, saying they "can't move forward until ...
Mar 22, 2022