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Snowshoer dies after overnight search on Vancouver-area mountain: RCMP
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A snowshoer who set out alone on a rugged mountain trail on Vancouver's north shore Thursday has died.Squamish RCMP say the 21-year-old woman from Ontario was removed from a steep gul...
Jan 15, 2021
Snowshoer dies after overnight search on Vancouver-area mountain: RCMP
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A snowshoer who set out alone on a rugged mountain trail on Vancouver's north shore Thursday has died.Squamish RCMP say the 21-year-old woman from Ontario was removed from a steep gul...
Jan 15, 2021
House speaker's office invader to be put under house arrest
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas man photographed sitting at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week was put under house arrest Friday as he awaits t...
Jan 15, 2021
NRA declares bankruptcy, plans to incorporate in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas - The National Rifle Association announced Friday it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will seek to incorporate the nation's most politically influential gun-rights group in Texas ...
Jan 15, 2021
Province claims residents seeing light at end of the COVID-19 tunnel
NANAIMO - The province says B.C. residents are "finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel" despite the number of new daily COVID-19 cases remaining high. The claim made in Dr. Bonnie Henry's s...
Jan 15, 2021
Extremists exploit a loophole in social moderation: Podcasts
Major social platforms have been cracking down on the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories in the leadup to the presidential election, and expanded their efforts in the wake of the Jan. 6 ...
Jan 15, 2021
Trump gives award to Morocco's king in private ceremony
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has awarded a top U.S. honour to King Mohammed VI of Morocco, citing his decision to begin normalization of relations with Israel. The Legion of Merit is a rarely a...
Jan 15, 2021
B.C. hospice refusing to provide medically assisted dying must vacate premises
DELTA, B.C. - A hospice that has refused to provide medical assistance in dying based on religious objections will have to vacate a facility in Delta, B.C., by the end of March.Health Minister Adrian ...
Jan 15, 2021
B.C. hospice refusing to provide medically assisted dying must vacate premises
DELTA, B.C. - A hospice that has refused to provide medical assistance in dying based on religious objections will have to vacate a facility in Delta, B.C., by the end of March.Health Minister Adrian ...
Jan 15, 2021
University of British Columbia director resigns after holiday trip amid pandemic
VANCOUVER - The director of the University of British Columbia's school of population and public health has resigned after apologizing for taking a holiday trip during the COVID-19 pandemic. Peter Ber...
Jan 15, 2021