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Canadian heavyweight Tanner Boser takes on former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski
Over the last five months, two trips to Abu Dhabi and one to Las Vegas have forced Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser to spend more than six weeks in quarantine. Boser's fighting skills ...
Nov 06, 2020
Supreme Court sides with Maple Leaf Foods in case sparked by tainted meat recall
OTTAWA - A Supreme Court of Canada ruling has dealt a blow to Mr. Sub franchisees in their quest for compensation over losses experienced during a Listeria outbreak.In a decision today, the top court ...
Nov 06, 2020
PBO says feds can spend more, but wiggle room has shrunk due to pandemic
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government has the wiggle room to add billions more in permanent spending before its finances become unsustainable. Based on the budget offic...
Nov 06, 2020
The economy added 84,000 jobs in October
PRINCE GEORGE- Stats Canada says the pace of job growth slowed in October as the economy added close to 84,000 jobs in the month compared with 378,000 in September. The national unemployment rate was ...
Nov 06, 2020
Drive-thru fundraiser for Ness Lake Bible Camp
PRINCE GEORGE-"Like many businesses and not-for-profits, COVID-19 has impacted Ness Lake Bible Camp tremendously."Those are the words of Elliot Harder, Executive Director of Ness Lake Bible Camp. "We ...
Nov 06, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Statistics Canada says economy added 84,000 jobs in Ocrober
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the pace of job growth slowed in October as the economy added 84,000 jobs in the month compared with 378,000 in September. The unemployment rate was 8.9 per cent compar...
Nov 06, 2020
Telus raises dividend, announces deal to buy Lionbridge AI for $1.2 billion
VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. raised its dividend as it reported its third-quarter revenue grew compared with a year ago, but its profit fell. The company says it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 31.12 ...
Nov 06, 2020
47-year-old B.C. man arrested after violating Quarantine Act
NEW WESTMINSTER-New Westminster police say a 47-year-old man has been charged with three counts of violating the Quarantine Act.A statement from police says Makhan Singh Parhar was arrested after a ci...
Nov 06, 2020
Election vote count enters Day 3 and a star of the lockdown: In The News for Nov. 6
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Friday, Nov. 6: What we are watching ... PHILA...
Nov 06, 2020
Final count set to begin today in the British Columbia election
VANCOUVER - Elections BC begins the final count today from last month's provincial election. The independent agency says it has received 662,000 certification envelopes containing absentee or mail-in ...
Nov 06, 2020