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Oceanside RCMP recover 'staggering' $30,000 stolen property stash after local B&E's
PARKSVILLE - Oceanside RCMP have arrested two people and confiscated a substantial amount of stolen items following a recent investigation.Police caught up to a 47-year-old man and a 42-year-old femal...
Jun 22, 2020
Iran commits to handing over PS752 black boxes, start compensation talks: Ottawa
Ottawa says Iran's foreign minister has committed to sending the flight recorders from the civilian airliner it shot down in January to be analyzed in France without delay. The federal government...
Jun 22, 2020
New inclusive playground opens at Maffeo Sutton Park
NANAIMO - A much-anticipated inclusive playground at Maffeo Sutton Park in downtown Nanaimo is now open for excited children and their caregivers. The City officially unveiled the new infrastructure v...
Jun 22, 2020
Auditor General says she needs bigger funding boost due to pandemic demands
OTTAWA - Auditor general Karen Hogan says she is asking the government for more money because of the unprecedented demands the COVID-19 pandemic has put on her office. Hogan is putting the government ...
Jun 22, 2020
Saudi Arabia to hold 'very limited' hajj due to virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that because of the coronavirus only "very limited numbers" of people will be allowed to perform the annual hajj pilgrimage that traditionally d...
Jun 22, 2020
Winnipeg plant gets $100M in federal financing to pull protein from peas, canola
OTTAWA - The federal government is helping finance an innovative, new agricultural production plant in Winnipeg that turns peas and canola into protein powders for the food industry. Merit Functi...
Jun 22, 2020
Signs people will choose work over CERB in jobs data, Qualtrough says
OTTAWA - Canada's employment minister says the country's most recent job figures suggest that low-wage workers will go back to a job if one is available instead of remaining on federal aid. Carla...
Jun 22, 2020
Joel Schumacher, director of 'St. Elmo's Fire,' dies at 80
NEW YORK - Joel Schumacher, the flamboyant journeyman director who dressed New York department store windows before shepherding the Brat Pack to the big screen in "St. Elmo's Fire" and steering the Ba...
Jun 22, 2020
Feds need 'to do better' on giving public access to information, Duclos says
OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos acknowledges the federal government needs "to do better" at responding to formal information requests from the public. The minister's comments f...
Jun 22, 2020
Golden Globes set Feb. 28 for pandemic--delayed ceremony
LOS ANGELES - The Golden Globes is refusing to let the pandemic get in the way of its party. The ceremony will be held Feb. 28, 2021, in Beverly Hills with previously announced hosts Tina Fey and Amy ...
Jun 22, 2020