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End of CERB could complicate EI system, open door to basic income, says senator
VICTORIA - Senator Yuen Pau Woo is advocating for an experimental basic income program at the provincial level, citing the complications to the employment insurance program after the end of the Canada...
Aug 20, 2020

#ExploreNorthernBC: Ideas amidst a pandemic from Northern Health
PRINCE GEORGE-Running out of ideas on how to #ExploreNorthernBC? Well, Northern Health staff have weighed in on how you can keep exploring this summer, while also staying safe."I was feeling like I wa...
Aug 20, 2020

Film academy to host virtual panels about inclusion, equity
Lee Daniels, Lulu Wang and Taraji P. Henson are among the talent participating in a series of virtual panels about inclusion and equity in Hollywood hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc...
Aug 20, 2020

Work to repair Pouce Coupe Bridge to begin next week
DAWSON CREEK-Work to repair and improve the Pouce Coupe River Bridge, along Hwy.49, will start next week.The current, two-lane, 60-metre bridge was damaged in November 2019, when an eastbound tractor-...
Aug 20, 2020

Video shows Lowry pulling Ujiri to safety following Raptors' NBA title win
LAKE BUENA VISA, Fla. - When Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri needed help, star guard Kyle Lowry was there. Shortly after Toronto had clinched its first NBA title last June in Oakland, Calif...
Aug 20, 2020

Montreal Impact plan to have small crowd at next week's home game
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact say they will have some fans at their first Major League Soccer home game during the COVID-19 pandemic next week. The club says a maximum of 250 people will be allowed i...
Aug 20, 2020

NY lets voters get absentee ballots due to virus concerns
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York will allow voters to request absentee ballots for the general election because of coronavirus under a new state law signed Thursday. Lawmakers passed the bill last month, and v...
Aug 20, 2020

Family of Quebec man serving time in Florida seeking answers following his death
MONTREAL - The family of a Quebec man who died this week in a Florida prison says they want answers about his cell conditions and the circumstances surrounding his final months. Sacha Bond&n...
Aug 20, 2020

Prosecutors told to prosecute only the most serious drug possession offences
OTTAWA - Federal prosecutors are being instructed to criminally prosecute only the most serious drug possession offences and to find alternatives outside the criminal justice system for the rest....
Aug 20, 2020

Loughlin, Giannulli remain silent as they await prison fate
BOSTON - Since "Full House" star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, were arrested last year on charges that they bribed their daughters' way into college, the famous co...
Aug 20, 2020