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VIU expects budget deficit amid diminished international student revenue
NANAIMO - COVID-19 restrictions preventing many, valuable international students from attending classes is having ripple effects for VIU's bottom line.The university's international student headcount ...
Jan 27, 2021
Class-action suit to end racial profiling by French police
PARIS - In a first for France, six nongovernmental organizations launched a class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the French government for alleged systemic discrimination by police officers carrying...
Jan 27, 2021
Case begins on N.S. shooter and farmers storm Indian capital: In The News for Jan. 27
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 27 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jan 27, 2021
New work permit program for international graduates in Canada taking applications
A new work permit program for international students in Canada is taking applications starting today. The federal government announced the program this month as part of a bid to convince more people t...
Jan 27, 2021
UN experts alarmed by trend toward assisted dying for non-terminal conditions
OTTAWA - United Nations human rights experts are alarmed by what they see as a growing trend to enact legislation allowing medical assistance in dying for people suffering from non-terminal, disabling...
Jan 27, 2021
Three people expected to be arraigned for alleged ammunition transfer to N.S. shooter
HALIFAX - Three people who allegedly supplied ammunition to the gunman who murdered 22 people in the April 18-19 mass shooting in Nova Scotia are scheduled for court hearings today.RCMP have charged L...
Jan 27, 2021
Calculated risk or gamble: Experts differ on merits of Quebec's vaccine strategy
MONTREAL - Quebec's director of national health said he's still not sure when the province will begin administering COVID-19 booster shots - 43 days since officials started injecting people with the P...
Jan 27, 2021
B.C. ramping up screening for faster-spreading COVID-19 'variants of concern'
VANCOUVER - There's a race between COVID-19 and the rollout of vaccine as researchers and health officials in B.C. warn of two faster-spreading variants. The number of variant cases may start low, but...
Jan 27, 2021
Union boss wants meat-plant workers on early COVID-19 vaccine list
CALGARY - The president of a union representing employees at some of the largest meat-packing plants in the country says there needs to be a discussion about making the COVID-19 vaccine more readily a...
Jan 27, 2021
Easing rules for parental benefits created inequities among parents, documents say
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show federal officials have been aware since the fall that some new parents might be receiving a smaller amount of money than they would have if not for a change in t...
Jan 27, 2021