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Job action from unionized library staff escalates after latest VIRL offer rejected
NANAIMO - Librarians and their supporters remain on the picket lines following the latest round of negotiations.According to the Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL), the BC General Employees Unio...
Mar 24, 2022
Reports: Blue Jays trade Randal Grichuk to Rockies for Raimel Tapia
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Centre fielder Randal Grichuk has been traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Colorado Rockies according to several media reports. Toronto is getting left fielder Raimel Tapia in retur...
Mar 24, 2022
Jagmeet Singh expects federal dental plan to remain faithful to NDP campaign promise
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he expects the federal government's new dental plan will reflect his party's original vision for oral health care in Canada. The Liberals promised the NDP they w...
Mar 24, 2022
Two of Alberta Premier's caucus members urge him to quit to renew party
EDMONTON - Two of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's backbenchers have broken ranks, calling the United Conservative Party's revamped leadership review a sham and saying it's time for Premier Jason Kenney...
Mar 24, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Canada to resume exports of P.E.I. potatoes to United States
WASHINGTON - Exports of potatoes from Prince Edward Island will soon be able to resume to the United States, months after Canada suspended shipments because of the detection of potato wart in fields o...
Mar 24, 2022
YWCA's 'Add the M' campaign trying to bring awareness to systemic inequity in sports
"It's time to add the 'M,'" said Canadian soccer star Christine Sinclair in a new video released by the YWCA on Thursday. She, along with other influencers such as Sportsnet's Tara Slone, is helping s...
Mar 24, 2022
Leadership rivals shouldn't be calling each other 'not Conservative', says Bergen
OTTAWA - Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen says leadership contenders should avoid calling those they disagree with on policy "not Conservative." Bergen, who has led the party since early Feb...
Mar 24, 2022
Design for national LGBTQ2+ monument inspired by thundercloud and disco balls
OTTAWA - A national LGBTQ2+ monument - inspired by a dramatic thundercloud - is to be built in Ottawa by 2025. The winning design, featuring a silver mirrored mosaic interior influenced by a thunderhe...
Mar 24, 2022
B.C. ready to proceed with permanent repairs to flood-damaged Coquihalla Highway
HOPE, B.C. - The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says it is moving ahead with permanent repairs to a key B.C. highway damaged by catastrophic flooding last November. A statement from the...
Mar 24, 2022
Federal NDP says N.L. offshore oil project hard to justify; energy minister unfazed
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's Energy Minister says he's unfazed by comments from the federal New Democrats saying the Liberal government will have a tough time justifying an approval ...
Mar 24, 2022