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Stormtrooper with a gun: Alberta police take down restaurant worker in costume
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Police in southern Alberta are being investigated after a restaurant worker in a "Star Wars" stormtrooper costume who was carrying a plastic gun was forced to the gr...
May 05, 2020
Court overturns Quincy Jones' win in Michael Jackson lawsuit
LOS ANGELES - A California appeals court on Tuesday overturned most of a 2017 jury verdict awarding Quincy Jones $9.4 million in royalties and fees from the Michael Jackson estate over the use of Jone...
May 05, 2020
Revamp of classification system seen as key to cementing assault-style rifle ban
OTTAWA - Gun-control advocates and the Trudeau government see a coming overhaul of the firearms classification system as key to cementing the recent federal move to ban assault-style rifles. The feder...
May 05, 2020
Trudeau, Duclos must send transparency message during pandemic: info czar
OTTAWA - The federal information czar wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to tell federal agencies they must strive to be transparent and accountable as they wrestle with the fallout from COVID-1...
May 05, 2020
Americans trust Canadians more than they trust themselves, poll suggests
WASHINGTON - COVID-19 has damaged the trust Canadians have in their American neighbours, while U.S. residents collectively have more faith in their northern counterparts than they do in themselves, a ...
May 05, 2020
New task force designed to chart path forward for Nanaimo's COVID-19 recovery
NANAIMO - The City is looking within its own business and community ranks to chart a path forward from the COVID-19 pandemic.Mayor Leonard Krog announced a new task force mandated to provide recommend...
May 05, 2020 Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog announced the creation of a new Mayor's Task Force focusing on the economic and community recovery of Nanaimo. (City of Nanaimo)
Ford: MLSE asked about Toronto being a hub city should NHL resume its season
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the Toronto Maple Leafs' parent company has been in contact with the province about the possibility of Canada's biggest city serving as a so-called "hocke...
May 05, 2020
A look at some of the Canadians who have lost their lives to COVID-19
COVID-19 has sickened thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed hundreds. "While we can start to become numb to these numbers as time goes on, each one of these individuals had a life that...
May 05, 2020
Fix on Friday to finally let moms-to-be receive CERB, Qualtrough tells MPs
OTTAWA - Expecting mothers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 in March, and have since been unable to access emergency federal aid, will receive a key benefit once a fix comes into effect on Friday. ...
May 05, 2020
2nd teen arrested in serious gas station fire, pair now charged with arson
NANAIMO - Police have now charged both 16-year-old suspects in the serious Circle K convenience store fire. Nanaimo RCMP said the second teen alleged to be involved was located in Ladysmith on Monday,...
May 05, 2020 Firefighters descended on the Circle K convenience store after a flare gun went off inside the store. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)