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Canada Post temporarily resumes mail delivery in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - Canada Post has temporarily resumed delivery to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, more than a month after it stopped bringing mail to a two-block area where it says workers had safety concern...
Apr 26, 2022
Canada's hydrogen plans 'feasible' despite auditor concerns, says minister
EDMONTON - The federal natural resources minister said Tuesday that concerns from the auditor general's office about government plans to move to a more hydrogen-powered economy don't mean the goals ar...
Apr 26, 2022
Oklahoma governor signs ban on nonbinary birth certificates
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill Tuesday explicitly prohibiting the use of nonbinary gender markers on state birth certificates, a ban experts say is the first of its kind ...
Apr 26, 2022
NCAA President Mark Emmert stepping down no later than 2023
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - NCAA President Mark Emmert is stepping down after 12 years on the job. NCAA Board of Governors Chairman John DeGioia announced the move Tuesday and said it was by mutual agreement....
Apr 26, 2022
Singer-songwriter remembered as selfless, dies at age 73 in B.C. hospital
VANCOUVER - Canadian singer-songwriter Susan Jacks, who lit up the airwaves with her band's 1969 smash hit "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" has died at age 73 while awaiting a second kidney transplant. Ja...
Apr 26, 2022
Conservatives demand to know if prime minister used 'loophole' to avoid fraud charges
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is still being dogged by questions about family vacations six years ago at the Aga Khan's private island in the Bahamas. In question period Tuesday, interim Oppo...
Apr 26, 2022
Canada lynx protections deal sealed by US, environmentalists
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to craft a new habitat plan for the snow-loving Canada lynx that could include more land in Colorado and other western states where the rare ...
Apr 26, 2022
Council rejects mixed use development proposal in Chase River
NANAIMO - Citing too many unknowns including traffic challenges, councillors narrowly opposed plans for several businesses off the Trans Canada Hwy. in south Nanaimo.A developer's official community p...
Apr 26, 2022
Fraud risk management at B.C.'s $16-billion Site C dam project can improved: auditor
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says Crown-owned BC Hydro can improve its management of potential fraud risks at the $16 billion Site C dam project. Michael Pickup says an audit found th...
Apr 26, 2022
Facebook has serious concerns over online news bill, looking at future response
OTTAWA - Digital giant Meta says it has serious concerns about the federal government's online news bill, which would force tech companies to compensate news groups for reusing work on their platforms...
Apr 26, 2022