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'Simple greed': Ex-UAW leader Jones charged with corruption
DETROIT - Prosecutors on Thursday charged the former president of the United Auto Workers with corruption, alleging he plotted with others to embezzle more than $1 million to splurge on private villas...
Mar 07, 2020
235 Canadians on cruise ship held for COVID-19 testing off California coast
OTTAWA - There are 235 Canadians on the passenger manifest for a cruise ship that is being held off the coast of California for coronavirus testing. Global Affairs Canada says there are no confirmed c...
Mar 07, 2020
End of an era: 104-year-old Extension School south of Nanaimo torn down
NANAIMO - A long-closed historic two-room school in the small community of Extension just south of Nanaimo has been flattened and removed.Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools director of communications Da...
Mar 07, 2020 Extension School no longer occupies a small rural lot just off Extension Rd. south of Nanaimo. The tiny two-room school was recently demolished. (Ian Holmes & Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Virus fears grip markets again; stocks and bond yields slide
NEW YORK - Fear dominated financial markets again on Thursday, and stocks fell sharply on worries about the fast-spreading virus outbreak. It's the latest shudder in Wall Street's most volatile week i...
Mar 07, 2020
Starbucks, Second Cup halt use of reusable cups amid novel coronavirus outbreak
Two major coffee chains have stopped serving beverages in reusable cups brought by customers amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. Starbucks and The Second Cup Ltd. say they are temporarily halting the...
Mar 07, 2020
Federal lab confirms second case of new coronavirus in Quebec
MONTREAL - Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory has confirmed a second case of the new coronavirus in Quebec while the province's Health Department announced another presumptive case. A...
Mar 07, 2020
Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 15 ahead of Moscow summit
BEIRUT - An airstrike on a rebel-held village in northwest Syria hit a poultry farm where several displaced families were sheltering early Thursday, killing at least 15 people including children while...
Mar 07, 2020
'This is not a drill': WHO urges the world to fight virus
BANGKOK - The global march of the new virus triggered a vigorous appeal from the World Health Organization for governments to pull out "all the stops" to slow the epidemic, as it drained colour from I...
Mar 07, 2020
It's up to all Wet'suwet'en people to work through agreement: Bellegarde
VANCOUVER - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says it's up to all Wet'suwet'en people to work through the draft agreement struck on Sunday between their hereditary chiefs ...
Mar 06, 2020
Lawson Crouse scores winner in third, Coyotes beat Canucks 4-2
VANCOUVER - The Arizona Coyotes refused to roll over. The Coyotes gave up a third-period lead but stormed back with three goals of their own to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 Wednesday night to tigh...
Mar 06, 2020