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Regulator fines engineers 8 years after Mount Polley disaster in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Three engineers have been disciplined nearly eight years after British Columbia's worst mining disaster. The tailings dam at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine failed in August 2014, re...
Mar 13, 2022
Regulator fines engineers 8 years after Mount Polley disaster in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Three engineers have been disciplined nearly eight years after British Columbia's worst mining disaster. The tailings dam at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine failed in August 2014, re...
Mar 13, 2022
Canada overcomes pandemic challenges to capture 25 medals at Beijing Paralympics
The cauldron was extinguished on one of the most formidable Winter Paralympics in history Sunday, with "hopes of peace," and two years into the COVID-19 global pandemic that made just getting to the G...
Mar 13, 2022
Jays report to development centre in Florida, spring training formally begins Monday
DUNEDIN, Fla. - As Vladimir Guerrero Jr., walked on to Field 1 at the Toronto Blue Jays' training facility, one of his teammates sarcastically called out to the rest of the team. "Vladdy's here! We ca...
Mar 13, 2022
Who's in, who's out and who else may join the Conservative party leadership race
OTTAWA - With Sept. 10 picked as the date for when the Conservative Party of Canada will have a new leader, time is ticking for prospective candidates and their teams to get into place. Those running ...
Mar 13, 2022
Wind storm knocks out power to thousands in N.S., hits some internet service in N.L.
HALIFAX - Thousands of people across Nova Scotia are without power this morning as a nasty wind and rain storm sweeps across the Maritimes into Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 10 a.m. local time Nova...
Mar 13, 2022
Military crew now all out of hospital after CH-149 Cormorant helicopter crash in N.L.
GANDER, N.L. - All of the crew members hospitalized following a Cormorant military helicopter crash last week at the Gander, N.L., airport have been discharged from hospital. Four of the six crew of a...
Mar 13, 2022
Canada overcomes pandemic challenges to capture 25 medals at Beijing Paralympics
The cauldron was extinguished on one of the most formidable Winter Paralympics in history Sunday, with "hopes of peace," and two years into the COVID-19 global pandemic that made just getting to the G...
Mar 13, 2022
US, China officials to meet as tensions mount over Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is sending his national security adviser for talks with a senior Chinese official in Rome on Monday as concerns grow that China is amplifying Russian disinformati...
Mar 13, 2022
US, China officials to meet as tensions mount over Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is sending his national security adviser for talks with a senior Chinese official in Rome on Monday as concerns grow that China is amplifying Russian disinformati...
Mar 13, 2022