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Court hears senior RCMP officer emailed FBI after Huawei CFO arrested in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A security analyst who monitors emails to and from the RCMP says a senior Mountie emailed the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation the day after a Huawei executive was arrested at Vancouve...
Dec 14, 2020
Senator likely to propose major amendments to assisted dying bill
OTTAWA - It's out of the political frying pan and into the fire today for the Trudeau government's bill to expand access to medically assisted dying. Opening debate on Bill C-7 begins tonight in the S...
Dec 14, 2020
Court hears senior RCMP officer emailed FBI after Huawei CFO arrested in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A security analyst who monitors emails to and from the RCMP says a senior Mountie emailed the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation the day after a Huawei executive was arrested at Vancouve...
Dec 14, 2020
AP Interview: Indians owner says name won't change in 2021
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Indians are changing their name - they just don't know to what or when. Expressing that "it's time," owner Paul Dolan said that after months of internal discussions and meeti...
Dec 14, 2020
AP Interview: Indians owner says name won't change in 2021
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Indians are changing their name - they just don't know to what or when. Expressing that "it's time," owner Paul Dolan said that after months of internal discussions and meeti...
Dec 14, 2020
Top Stories of 2020: Overdose crisis in Nanaimo surges as tragic records broken across province
NANAIMO - COVID-19 wasn't the only health emergency in B.C. in 2020. By the end of October, the resurgent overdose epidemic had claimed nearly four times as many lives as the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly...
Dec 14, 2020
Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses Trump election lawsuit
MADISON, Wis. - A narrowly divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his election loss in the battleground state about an hour before t...
Dec 14, 2020
A night at the ballet, in time for ‘Nutcracker’ season
Of all the artists whose livelihoods have been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, dancers have been among those hit hardest. They depend on a live audience to do their work, of course, and most l...
Dec 14, 2020
Wildfires take over from industry as major source of cancer-causing air toxins: study
Wildfires have taken over from industry as a major source of a group of cancer-causing chemical toxins in the air, Environment Canada says. The first national assessment of polycyclic aromatic compoun...
Dec 14, 2020
US sanctions NATO ally Turkey over Russian missile defence
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Monday imposed sanctions on its NATO ally Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defence system, setting the stage for further confrontation between the two...
Dec 14, 2020