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Prosecutor: Sedition charge possible for pro-Trump rioters
WASHINGTON - The top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia said Thursday that "all options are on the table" for charging members of the violent pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol -...
Jan 07, 2021
RCMP declines firm's offer of free, state-of-art sonar to find N.S. boat, fishermen
HALIFAX - A Canadian firm says the RCMP are declining the free use of its state-of-the-art sonar to search for a fishing boat that sank off Nova Scotia last month, with six crew lost. The RCMP announc...
Jan 07, 2021
US registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus
The U.S. registered more COVID-19 deaths in a single day than ever before - nearly 3,900 - on the very day the mob attack on the Capitol laid bare some of the same, deep political divisions that have ...
Jan 07, 2021
Stunned EU leaders yearn for Biden presidency -- ASAP
BRUSSELS - For European Union nations, Joe Biden's Jan. 20 inauguration as the next U.S. president cannot come fast enough. Following the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald...
Jan 07, 2021
Trump honours golfing greats with award in private ceremony
WASHINGTON - Hall of Fame golfers Annika Sorenstam and Gary Player, along with the late Olympian Babe Didrikson Zaharias, have been presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House an...
Jan 07, 2021
Island Health begins vaccination program in Nanaimo & north Island
NANAIMO - Island Health is expanding vaccination efforts against COVID-19 with new clinics now open on Vancouver Island.Doses of the Pfizer vaccine became available via clinics in Nanaimo and Campbell...
Jan 07, 2021
Trump honours golfing greats with award in private ceremony
WASHINGTON - Hall of Fame golfers Annika Sorenstam and Gary Player, along with the late Olympian Babe Didrikson Zaharias, have been presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House an...
Jan 07, 2021
Energy minister calls independent Site C dam report 'helpful,' will consult cabinet
VICTORIA - British Columbia's energy minister says he has received a report on the status of the Site C dam project and will soon present its findings to cabinet. Bruce Ralston says the report by form...
Jan 07, 2021
At least two senators left country amid COVID-19 pandemic, six not saying
OTTAWA - Don Plett is facing calls for his resignation as Conservative leader in the Senate after choosing to travel to Mexico over the holidays. But Plett is not the only senator who travelled abroad...
Jan 07, 2021
Lawmakers openly discuss ousting Trump, possible impeachment
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers of both parties raised the prospect Thursday of ousting President Donald Trump from office, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that if he wasn't removed, the House may move for...
Jan 07, 2021