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Nearly $10,000 raised for Nanaimo SPCA
NANAIMO - The annual Lock-in for Love event brought in a substantial amount of money for the Nanaimo SPCA. The event looked very different in 2020. Under normal circumstances, community supporters wou...
Jun 15, 2020

'It's frustrating': Trump advertising blast has limits
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's campaign manager warned in late spring that his juggernaut political operation - the "Death Star," he called it - was about to start "pressing FIRE" for the first...
Jun 15, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:22 p.m. on June 15, 2020: There are 99,091 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 54,054 confirmed (inclu...
Jun 15, 2020

Judge concerned over time it's taking to hear Meng Wanzhou's extradition case
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court judge in Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition case says she's concerned by the length of the proceedings. During a case management conference on Mon...
Jun 15, 2020

A look at some highlights of the Saskatchewan budget
REGINA - Premier Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party government presented its 2020-21 budget built around the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some of the highlights: - A $2.4-billion deficit with...
Jun 15, 2020

Judge concerned over time it's taking to hear Meng Wanzhou's extradition case
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court judge in Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition case says she's concerned by the length of the proceedings. During a case management conference on Mon...
Jun 15, 2020

Wayne Embry says if given the choice to play amid racial unrest, he would
TORONTO - Wayne Embry remembers the shock and sorrow that swept through the Boston Celtics when Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated hours before Game 1 of the 1968 Eastern Division fina...
Jun 15, 2020

Feds to consider non-traditional data in pandemic aid rework, Morneau says
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the government will look at how measures to revive the economy from its pandemic-induced freeze will impact women and men differently. He also sug...
Jun 15, 2020

Tradition was important factor in planning of Canadian Triple Crown races
TORONTO - The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a change of dates for Canada's Triple Crown races but it wasn't going to force Jim Lawson to switch either the order or d...
Jun 15, 2020

Toronto FC, Whitecaps resume full team training ahead of MLS is Back tournament
Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps resumed full team training Monday ahead of next month's MLS is Back tournament. They join Atlanta United, Chicago Fire, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew,...
Jun 15, 2020