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Cost of new Nanaimo fire hall rises significantly to $20 million
NANAIMO - COVID-19 and vastly underestimated size requirements are factors substantially driving up the cost of replacing the #1 fire hall in downtown Nanaimo.A City staff reported the lowest tender p...
Jun 17, 2020
New York declares Juneteenth a holiday for state employees
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York's governor signed an executive order Wednesday recognizing Juneteenth as a paid holiday for state employees to commemorate the emancipation of slaves in the U.S. Gov. Andrew Cu...
Jun 17, 2020
Researchers crack mystery of dinosaur eggs missing from fossil record
CALGARY - Researchers believe they have cracked the mystery of why fossilized eggs of only a few types of dinosaurs have been found. A paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature suggest...
Jun 17, 2020
Hall of Fame trainer Casse very thankful for different U.S. Triple Crown
Last goes first, first will go second and second will go last. The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly created an unprecedented year in sports, including the U.S. Triple Crown. But different certainl...
Jun 17, 2020
More women join lawsuit against Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard
More women have added their names to a class-action lawsuit alleging they were sexually assaulted by Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard. Eleven women recently joined the lawsuit, filed in t...
Jun 17, 2020
Lawyers, prosecutors in Patrik Mathews white-supremacy case seek extension
WASHINGTON - Prosecutors and lawyers for a former Canadian Forces reservist and two other men at the centre of an alleged white-supremacist plot to trigger a U.S. race war say they all need ...
Jun 17, 2020
Federal economics and fiscal 'snapshot' coming July 8: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising to deliver a "snapshot" of the federal government's finances in the House of Commons July 8. The Liberals were supposed to present a full budge...
Jun 17, 2020
Greens' Elizabeth May wants inquiry into RCMP that believes it is 'above the law'
OTTAWA - The Green party's Elizabeth May wants a full inquiry into the RCMP, saying the national police force's culture of unaccountability must be put under a microscope. May, the part...
Jun 17, 2020
Atlanta awaits decision on charges in black man's killing
Atlanta awaited a decision from prosecutors Wednesday on whether to bring charges against two white police officers in the killing of Rayshard Brooks, who was shot in the back in a case that has unfol...
Jun 17, 2020
U.S. to investigate Canada's 'unfavourable' new Great Lakes shipping rules
WASHINGTON - Regulators in the United States have launched a formal investigation into Canada's plan to change the rules that govern shipping on the Great Lakes. U.S.-based shippers say proposed ...
Jun 17, 2020