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Mid-Island candidates share ideas for high-paying, stable job creation in Nanaimo, Oceanside
NANAIMO - As part of NanaimoNewsNOW's continuing coverage of the 2020 Provincial Election, we reached out to all candidates in the three mid-Island ridings with a series of questions.Candidates are fe...
Oct 13, 2020
Trade body rules EU can put tariffs on $4 bln of US goods
GENEVA - International arbitrators said Tuesday that the European Union can impose tariffs and other penalties on up to $4 billion worth of U.S. goods and services over illegal American support for pl...
Oct 13, 2020
Pandemic exposes need for basic income program, expert says
OTTAWA - A leading Canadian expert on government-funded basic incomes says the oft-debated idea could have averted much of the economic effects of COVID-19. Evelyn Forget says a basic income program w...
Oct 13, 2020
Cut cable shuts down Virginia's online voter registration
RICHMOND, Va. - A severed fiber optic cable shut down Virginia's online voter registration system Tuesday, the last day to register before the November general election. The Virginia Department of Ele...
Oct 13, 2020
More masks, less play: Europe tightens rules as virus surges
GENEVA - Governments across Europe are ratcheting up restrictions to try to beat back a resurgence of the coronavirus that has sent new infections on the continent to their highest weekly level since ...
Oct 13, 2020
Barrett won't commit to recusing from election disputes
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is vowing to bring no "agenda" to the court, batting back senators' questions Tuesday on abortion, gun rights and the November election, insisting ...
Oct 13, 2020
Quebec reports 815 new COVID-19 infections, smallest number in nearly two weeks
MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting 815 new COVID-19 infections today, the smallest daily number of new cases since the end of September. Health authorities are also reporting three deaths linked to the no...
Oct 13, 2020
Jury in N.B. murder trial hears audio recordings between police and shooting suspect
FREDERICTON - Jurors in the Matthew Raymond murder trial are listening to audio recordings police took of their conversations with the suspect in hospital after his 2018 arrest. Raymond is charged wit...
Oct 13, 2020
Liverpool, Man United plan power grab with leagues' overhaul
LONDON - Liverpool and Manchester United have angered the Premier League and the government by formulating plans to reshape English football with a power grab that would also reduce the size of the to...
Oct 13, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):11 a.m.There are 1,553 new COVID-19 cases in Ontario over the past two days and 12 new deaths.Health Minister Christine Elliott s...
Oct 13, 2020