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B.C. can't be punished by feds if private-care proponent wins case: lawyer
VANCOUVER - Government lawyers have made irrelevant arguments in British Columbia Supreme Court by saying the province would lose millions of dollars a year in federal funding if a lawsuit seeking an ...
Feb 27, 2020
City approved record volume of residential development in Nanaimo in 2019
NANAIMO - The numbers are in and Nanaimo officially gave the go-ahead on more construction projects by value in 2019 than any other year previous.Over $445 million worth of residential development was...
Feb 27, 2020 A major residential construction project on Uplands Dr. was the crown jewel in a record year for the City of Nanaimo's development permit approval office. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Beyak suspended again from Senate despite apology for posting offensive letters
OTTAWA - The Senate has voted to suspend Sen. Lynn Beyak a second time over derogatory letters about Indigenous Peoples posted on her website. Senators have approved a report from the upper house...
Feb 27, 2020
Trudeau to meet provincial, territorial leaders amid heightened tensions
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will sit down with provincial and territorial leaders on March 13 to wrestle with some of the thorny issues that are dividing the nation. The first ministers' me...
Feb 27, 2020
Champagne heads to Europe to discuss Iran crash in Ukraine, meet troops in Latvia
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he will make a renewed push for compensation for families of people who died in the Ukraine International Airlines crash on a th...
Feb 27, 2020
'It hurt:' Explicit Greta sticker linked to Alberta company draws outrage
CALGARY - An Alberta woman says she has complained to the RCMP about a decal bearing an energy services company's logo below a cartoon depicting what appears to be the sexual assault of 17-y...
Feb 27, 2020
Ontario coronavirus case is province's first instance of human-to-human spread
TORONTO - Ontario now has a sixth confirmed case of the novel coronavirus, and while it is the first instance in the province of human-to-human transmission, health officials say the risk is still low...
Feb 27, 2020
MPs to examine privacy implications of facial-recognition technology used by RCMP
OTTAWA - The controversial use of facial-recognition tools will soon be scrutinized by MPs. Members of the House of Commons committee on access to information, privacy and eth...
Feb 27, 2020
Canada pumps nearly 900 billion litres of raw sewage into waterways since 2013
OTTAWA - Canada's old-fashioned city sewer systems dumped nearly 900 billion litres of raw sewage into this country's waterways over five years, enough to fill up an Olympic-sized swimm...
Feb 27, 2020
Techies and travellers win in Alberta budget; vapers lose with new tax
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government tabled its 2020-21 budget Thursday. Here is a look at who might be pleased and who won't be so happy: WINNERS Techies: The province is investing $20...
Feb 27, 2020