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Work stoppage in support of Juneteenth shuts down West Coast ports
VANCOUVER - Ports along the West Coast of Canada and the United States are quiet as workers with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union stop operations to support racial equality an...
Jun 19, 2020
No-stopping zone in place on B.C. section of Trans-Canada to protect bears
FIELD, B.C. - Parks Canada has put in a 10-kilometre, no-stopping zone to protect several bears - including a rare white grizzly - that are feeding along the Trans-Canada Highway. The zone, ...
Jun 19, 2020
Nanaimo RCMP investigating apparent arson at business on Bowen Rd.
NANAIMO - A late night fire at a business on Bowen Rd. has triggered a police investigation.Nanaimo Fire Rescue and RCMP responded to reports of a fire at Motion Specialties in the 2500 block of Bowen...
Jun 19, 2020
NCAA: No championships in states with confederate symbol
The NCAA is expanding its policy banning states with prominent Confederate symbols from hosting its championship events. The current ban, in place since 2001, prevents states from hosting what the NCA...
Jun 19, 2020
Lithuania erects sculpture in honour of JD Salinger
VILNIUS, Lithuania - J.D. Salinger, the American writer best known for his 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye," was honoured Friday with a sculpture featuring a rye field near the Lithuanian village w...
Jun 19, 2020
Bands support anti-racism petition, pull out of Canada Day event in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - Three musical groups slated to headline a virtual Canada Day celebration in Surrey, B.C., have pulled out of the event to protest what they say is that city's lack of com...
Jun 19, 2020
South African choir adapts to COVID-19 by making new music
MOUTSE VALLEY, South Africa - The dusty streets of rural South Africa are a far cry from the bright lights of "America's Got Talent," but that's where the members of the Ndlovu Youth Choir find themse...
Jun 19, 2020
Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA protections
WASHINGTON - Undeterred by this week's Supreme Court ruling, President Donald Trump said Friday he will renew his effort to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the...
Jun 19, 2020
Feds invite comment on information law amid concerns about pandemic slowdowns
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is inviting Canadians to say what they think of the federal law that allows the public to request information from federal departments and agencies. But ...
Jun 19, 2020
China charges two Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case
BEIJING - China has charged two detained Canadians with spying, escalating tensions between the two countries following the arrest in Vancouver 18 months ago of a senior Huawei executiv...
Jun 19, 2020