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Study shows Metro Vancouver overconfident, underprepared for storm-related power loss
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says storm-related outages are more frequent in British Columbia due to climate change but when it comes to preparing for a blackout, a new report shows Lower Mainland residents a...
Nov 09, 2021
O'Toole reveals his shadow cabinet, former leadership rival Leslyn Lewis not included
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is restoring popular MP Pierre Poilievre to his role as the party's finance critic today as he releases his new list of critics for the next Parliament. But O...
Nov 09, 2021
Sununu seeking 4th term as governor, won't challenge Hassan
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said Tuesday he'll seek a fourth term and won't run for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan. Sununu won reelection last year by mor...
Nov 09, 2021
Soccer star Rashford honored for fighting child poverty
LONDON (AP) - Soccer star Marcus Rashford has received an honorary award from Prince William for his successful campaign to get the British government to provide free meals to disadvantaged children d...
Nov 09, 2021
Soccer star Rashford honored for fighting child poverty
LONDON (AP) - Soccer star Marcus Rashford has received an honorary award from Prince William for his successful campaign to get the British government to provide free meals to disadvantaged children d...
Nov 09, 2021
Booker winner Damon Galgut laments South Africa's gloom
LONDON (AP) - South African author Damon Galgut has mixed feelings. This has been a great week for him, a good month for African writers - and a terrible year, he says, for his country, blighted by pa...
Nov 09, 2021
Quebec's Nunavik region struggling with COVID, has highest infection rate in province
MONTREAL - The health board governing Quebec's Nunavik region says the COVID-19 situation in the northern territory is worse than it's ever been. Health officials reported 30 new cases Monday across t...
Nov 09, 2021
Global Village Nanaimo weathers pandemic to support worldwide fair trade producers
NANAIMO - A beloved local fair trade store in operation for nearly a quarter century returned despite numerous bumps in the pandemic road.Global Village Nanaimo opened its pop-up location for a 24th y...
Nov 09, 2021
'We miss our friends': N.Y. town eager for Canadians to return as land border reopens
MONTREAL - Residents of a New York border town say they're eager to welcome Canadians now that the United States has eased land border restrictions, but they worry that costly COVID-19 testing rules w...
Nov 09, 2021
Most Canadians support the federal government's climate policy announcements: poll
OTTAWA - After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made multiple policy announcements across the pond at the COP26 climate summit in Scotland, a new poll hints at how Canadians feel about those developments...
Nov 09, 2021