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Meet the adorable animals adopted from BC SPCA's
NANAIMO - Each week we feature animals currently awaiting adoption at the Nanaimo SPCA. Thankfully there are no animals currently in care, so we're taking a look at animals which were adopted and have...
Apr 20, 2020 Cheddar and Copper are two great animals adopted from SPCA's across B.C. (submitted)
Jane Goodall talks coronavirus impact, Nat Geo documentary
LOS ANGELES - Even though the planet has reaped the benefits of a cleaner environment from society shutting down during the coronavirus outbreak, Jane Goodall worries about human behaviour resorting b...
Apr 20, 2020
Domestic violence support services presented with difficult challenge during COVID-19 pandemic
NANAIMO - Concern has grown over a likely rise in domestic violence cases due to social distancing and provincial health officers encouraging people to stay at home.For many, especially women and chil...
Apr 20, 2020 Support services and enforcement agencies are working to deliver help to victims of domestic violence during COVID-19. (iStock/File Photo)
COVID-19 prompts bus driver layoffs, service cuts for Metro Vancouver transit
VANCOUVER - Nearly 1,500 bus drivers and other transit workers across Metro Vancouver are being laid off as TransLink faces plunging ridership during the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement from Trans...
Apr 20, 2020
Gov't relief loans to restaurant chains draw complaints
Some big restaurant chains have obtained loans from the government under a small-business relief program, leading business groups to cry foul even though the loans are within the guidelines of the len...
Apr 20, 2020
JBS shuts down Minnesota pork plant hit by COVID-19 outbreak
MINNEAPOLIS - JBS USA said it is temporarily shutting down its big pork processing plant in southwestern Minnesota because of an outbreak of COVID-19 among workers, the latest closure of a major U.S. ...
Apr 20, 2020
University of Lethbridge axes men's and women's hockey teams, citing budget cuts
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The University of Lethbridge has shut down its men's and women's hockey teams citing three straight years of cuts to its operating grant. "The elimination of the hockey programs is...
Apr 20, 2020
Doug Flutie Jr. a source of inspiration for former CFL quarterback
For much of his life, Doug Flutie has been in the football spotlight. Be it winning the Heisman Trophy, six CFL top player awards, three Grey Cup MVPs or playing 12 seasons in the NFL, accolades and s...
Apr 20, 2020
Liberal changes to media aid plan hint at speedier spending, industry group says
OTTAWA - A news-industry association says the federal government's planned changes to its financial aid for news outlets in Canada should allow more of them to qualify for the financial hel...
Apr 20, 2020
Protesters register frustration in U.S., but experts suspect an ulterior motive
WASHINGTON - The partisan cracks in America's collective effort to combat COVID-19 are growing wider by the day - fuelled, some say, not by grassroots sentiment but by political forces both withi...
Apr 20, 2020