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Meng's lawyers outline new branch of argument in extradition case documents
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou allege the United States' legal case against her violates common international law and the extradition proceedings against her should be stayed. I...
Dec 18, 2020
Meng's lawyers outline new branch of argument in extradition case documents
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou allege the United States' legal case against her violates common international law and the extradition proceedings against her should be stayed. I...
Dec 18, 2020
Jays' Montoyo says free agents asking about Toronto status
TORONTO - Each time Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo has made a pitch to free agents this off-season, there's one topic he's known will come up. "The number one question is if we're going to play in ...
Dec 18, 2020
Veteran Canadian international Sophie Schmidt re-signs with the Houston Dash
Canadian midfielder Sophie Schmidt, who scored the winning goal for Houston in the Challenge Cup final, has signed a new contract with the Dash. The NSWSL team says the deal runs through 2022 with a c...
Dec 18, 2020
Trans Mountain ends contract with company building North Thompson, Edmonton expansion portions
EDMONTON - Trans Mountain has terminated the contract with the company that is building the North Thompson portion of its expansion project.In an email, a spokesperson says the pipeline has ended its ...
Dec 18, 2020
624 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 11 more deaths
VICTORIA - The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on in British Columbia with another 624 new cases of the virus over the past 24 hours, four of which are epi-linked.Here's the regional breakdown of ...
Dec 18, 2020
Rules for fuels: Federal government publishes Clean Fuel Standard regulations
OTTAWA - The federal government has released rules that fuel producers and distributors will have to follow under its climate plan. The Clean Fuel Standard is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissio...
Dec 18, 2020
Rifle shots fired into home of Nunavut officer while family inside: RCMP
CLYDE RIVER, Nunavut - Nunavut RCMP say a man is facing several charges after shots were fired into the home of a Mountie. The officer's wife and several children were inside at the time, but no one w...
Dec 18, 2020
No easy solutions to complex problem of high condo insurance premiums: B.C. report
VANCOUVER - A Crown corporation that regulates British Columbia's private-sector insurance companies says an average 40 per cent increase in condo insurance premiums resulted from various factors incl...
Dec 18, 2020
Some changes to senior staff wages
PRINCE GEORGE -A report back to Council around the wages and compensation for exempt staff generated a lot of discussion around Council recently. The report compared the wages and compensation for Cit...
Dec 18, 2020