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Coroner to feds: Take action on B.C. overdose epidemic like with pandemic
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has recorded the highest number of illicit drug overdose deaths in a single month, prompting the chief corner to say the federal government should take bold acti...
Jun 11, 2020
Coroner to feds: Take action on B.C. overdose epidemic like with pandemic
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has recorded the highest number of illicit drug overdose deaths in a single month, prompting the chief corner to say the federal government should take bold acti...
Jun 11, 2020
Lululemon Q1 profit falls with many stores closed amid COVID-19 pandemic
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. saw its profit fall in the most recent quarter as many of its stores were closed for a significant portion of the period. The Vancouver-based company, which keeps ...
Jun 11, 2020
Court rules Manitoba's public-sector wage-freeze bill violates Charter
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba court has struck down key parts of a provincial government bill aimed at freezing the wages of public-sector workers. Queen's Bench Justice Joan McKelvey says the bill is draconi...
Jun 11, 2020
Court: Michigan Great Lakes tunnel deal constitutional
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that legislators did not violate the state constitution by allowing construction of an oil pipeline tunnel beneath a channel linking...
Jun 11, 2020
Statistics Canada asks parents to share their COVID-19 experiences
OTTAWA - If you are a parent whose friends and family are tired of hearing you vent about the challenges of juggling work and child-rearing during COVID-19, the federal statistics agency wan...
Jun 11, 2020
CFL players take to twitter to express their frustration with Ambrosie
Brian Ramsay and the CFL Players' Association have run out of patience with commissioner Randy Ambrosie. Ramsay, the CFLPA's executive director, and a host of CFL players took to twitter Thursday...
Jun 11, 2020
EA Sports providing sound at fill empty soccer stadiums in England, Spain
The fans may be missing but their voices will be heard as Spain's LaLiga and England's Premier League get back on the pitch. Broadcasters have been working with EA Sports, using audio from its FIFA vi...
Jun 11, 2020
Historical figures under attack after George Floyd's death
The rapidly unfolding movement to pull down Confederate monuments around the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd's death has extended to statues of slave traders, imperialists and explorers around the wo...
Jun 11, 2020
Nanaimo RCMP cheered on by concerned neighbours during Milton St. bust
NANAIMO - RCMP officers had an audience when searching a drug house. The Nanaimo RCMP Street Crimes Unit moved in and searched a notorious house in the 500 block of Milton St. around 6:30 p.m. on Wedn...
Jun 11, 2020