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Teams spend $1B on day MLB, union likely head to lockout
NEW YORK (AP) - Major league teams committed to over $1 billion in salaries in one day for the first time Wednesday, hours before the league was expected to lock out the players following the 11:59 p....
Dec 01, 2021
Jan. 6 panel votes to hold former DOJ official in contempt
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection voted Wednesday to pursue contempt charges against Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who refused ...
Dec 01, 2021
Roundabout at key Qualicum Beach intersection poised to open
QUALICUM BEACH - A transformational adjustment to traffic flow in Qualicum Beach is about to take shape.Weather permitting, the Town expects its highly anticipated roundabout at the base of Memorial A...
Dec 01, 2021
Single warming centre open for Nanaimo's vulnerable population
NANAIMO - For those experiencing homelessness during the winter months, a warming centre can be the difference between life or death.The Society for Equity, Inclusion and Advocacy (SEIA) is offering t...
Dec 01, 2021
Canadians in South Africa face cancelled flights, uncertainty as they try to return
MONTREAL - Megan Tanya Hodgkinson was visiting relatives in South Africa last week when Canada imposed travel restrictions on several African countries after scientists detected a new variant of the n...
Dec 01, 2021
Stacey Abrams launches 2nd campaign for Georgia governor
ATLANTA (AP) - Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat and leading voting rights activist, said Wednesday that she will launch another campaign to become the nation's first Black woman governor. Without s...
Dec 01, 2021
COVID-19 shows up in Canadian wildlife for first time with three Quebec deer infected
OTTAWA - For the first time, the COVID-19 virus has been detected in Canadian wildlife. Environment Canada says the virus was detected late last month in three wild white-tailed deer in Quebec. The de...
Dec 01, 2021
Indigenous leaders concerned over B.C. government's old-growth deferral process
Indigenous leaders and experts in British Columbia outlined their concerns Wednesday over the provincial government's process to save old-growth forests, while underscoring the urgency to preserve at-...
Dec 01, 2021
Quebec to introduce tracking bracelets for some conjugal violence offenders
MONTREAL - Quebec will begin requiring some domestic violence offenders to wear electronic tracking bracelets beginning next spring, the province's public security minister announced Wednesday. Genevi...
Dec 01, 2021
Canada kicks Boeing from jet competition, narrows search to F-35 and Swedish Gripen
OTTAWA - Canada has officially narrowed its decade-long hunt for a new fighter jet to two choices as the federal government confirmed U.S. aerospace giant Boeing's Super Hornet is out of the running t...
Dec 01, 2021