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Military concerned about Chinese access to networks as Huawei decision looms
OTTAWA - Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says he is worried about anything that would give China easier access to the Canadian military's computer networks, but says there are ways to manage any sec...
Mar 12, 2020
March Madness: Conferences scrap tourneys; NCAAs in doubt
The NCAA has cancelled its men's and women's basketball tournaments because of the spread of coronavirus, putting an abrupt end to the season less than a month before champions were to be crowned. The...
Mar 12, 2020
Public bus service between Nanaimo and Duncan set for approval
NANAIMO - Plans are heating up to link Nanaimo and Duncan by bus.The Regional District of Nanaimo board is scheduled to vote on advancing the initiative later this month, which was endorsed by Cowicha...
Mar 12, 2020 One more 'yes' vote is required from the RDN board to ensure public bus service between Nanaimo and Duncan. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Miner Teck Resources vows to cut carbon intensity by a third in the next decade
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. is doubling down on its greenhouse gas emissions targets, announcing it will aim to reduce carbon intensity in its operations by 33 per cent over the next 10 ...
Mar 12, 2020
Some of world's best ice dancers based in Montreal to skate in online show
Montreal ice dance coaches Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon are giving figure skating fans something to watch. A day after the 2020 world figure skating championships in Montreal were cancelle...
Mar 12, 2020
Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall cancel performances
NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Opera has cancelled performances and rehearsals through March 31 because of the coronavirus. The move was announced Thursday, one day after U.S. President Donald Trump anno...
Mar 12, 2020
Hollywood shuts down, Broadway goes dark to curb virus cases
NEW YORK - The entertainment industry prepared Thursday for an unprecedented shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, cancelling upcoming movies, suspending all Broadway performances and elimin...
Mar 12, 2020
Wet'suwet'en pipeline supporters feel shut out of talks, ministers told
OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers are facing pointed questions about why elected band chiefs and women of the Wet'suwet'en nation who support a disputed natural-gas pipeline in British...
Mar 12, 2020
Broadway shuts its doors over ongoing coronavirus concerns
New York's governor ordered all Broadway theatres to shut their doors in the face of ongoing coronavirus concerns, plunging into darkness one of the city's most popular tourist attractions and causing...
Mar 12, 2020
Canada develops COVID-19 guidelines on when to cancel major events
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada has posted guidelines aimed at helping event planners figure out whether to cancel mass gatherings of people as the federal government works to quell the po...
Mar 12, 2020