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Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall
SAN DIEGO - The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is waiving federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, moving the president closer to fulfilling a sig...
Feb 20, 2020
Jury ends 1st day of deliberations in Weinstein's rape trial
NEW YORK - Jurors in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial ended their first day of deliberations Tuesday with lots of questions and no verdict in the landmark #MeToo case that could put the once-powerful Hol...
Feb 20, 2020
'Sonic' speeds to $57M debut; 'Parasite' sees big Oscar bump
NEW YORK - The redesigned "Sonic the Hedgehog" showed plenty of teeth at the box office, speeding to a $57 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday, while "Parasite" saw one of the largest ...
Feb 20, 2020
Elections Canada reports no serious cyberthreats to last fall's federal election
OTTAWA - Elections Canada can't let its guard down, says Canada's chief electoral officer Stephane Perrault, despite getting through last fall's federal election campaign with no significant cybersecu...
Feb 20, 2020
New report highlights key drivers for Nanaimo's future growth
NANAIMO - For the first time ever, the City of Nanaimo has a crystal clear picture of exactly who lives in the region, where they came from and what they do.A 'State of the Nanaimo Economy' report wil...
Feb 20, 2020 The City has been presented with a better look at several key economic drivers in the first ever 'State of the Nanaimo Economy' report, presented Tuesday, Feb. 18 to the City's economic development task force. (City of Nanaimo)
2010 leader John Furlong urges Vancouver to bid for 2030 Winter Games
VANCOUVER - While Vancouver celebrates the 10th anniversary of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the man who co-led the bid and headed the organizing committee wants the&nbs...
Feb 20, 2020
Afghan president wins vote, opponent says he's the winner
KABUL - Ashraf Ghani won a second term as president of Afghanistan, the country's independent election commission announced Tuesday, but his closest opponent refused to recognize the results, declarin...
Feb 20, 2020
Flight to evacuate Canadians from cruise ship 'expected' to depart Japan on Thursday
Canadians stranded on a quarantined cruise ship were told that a flight set to bring them home is "expected" to depart Tokyo Haneda Airport on Thursday amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Passe...
Feb 20, 2020
The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he spoke with British Columbia Premier John Horgan ...
Feb 20, 2020
Experts ponder why cruise ship quarantine failed in Japan
TOKYO - As an extraordinary two-week quarantine of a cruise ship ends Wednesday in Japan, many scientists say it was a failed experiment: The ship seemed to become an incubator for a new virus instead...
Feb 20, 2020