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Tesla picks Texas site for second US vehicle assembly plant
Electric car maker Tesla Inc. has picked the Austin, Texas, area as the site for its largest auto assembly plant employing at least 5,000 workers. The new factory will build Tesla's upcoming Cybertruc...
Jul 22, 2020
Lake Louise ski resort loses appeal of $2M fine for cutting endangered trees
CALGARY - An Alberta judge has upheld a $2.1 million fine against a world-renowned ski resort for cutting down endangered trees nearly seven years ago. Lake Louise Ski Resort pleaded guilty in 2017 to...
Jul 22, 2020
Province earmarks up to $1 billion in COVID-19 support for local governments and transit
VICTORIA-The Province is designating up to $1 billion of additional spending targeted at addressing COVID-19 impacts and restart plans for local governments and public transit services, conditional on...
Jul 22, 2020
Fundraising for commemorative benches
PRINCE GEORGE - If all goes as planned, two new benches will be placed at the CN Centre, honouring a familiar figure to Prince George.. David Mah could be seen snapping photos at events in this commun...
Jul 22, 2020
‘Just offensive’: Large Vancouver beach party draws outrage amid COVID-19
A popular drum circle at a Vancouver beach is once again stirring controversy, this time for ignoring coronavirus protocols.Drummers and revelers have been gathering at Third Beach in Stanley Park on ...
Jul 22, 2020
Daly's goal sends Dash to final with 1-0 win over Thorns
SANDY, Utah - Rachel Daly scored on a header in the 69th minute and the Houston Dash advanced to the Challenge Cup title game with a 1-0 victory over the Portland Thorns on Wednesday. The fourth-seede...
Jul 22, 2020
Canadians Brittany Marchand and Maddie Szeryk eager to be back on Symetra Tour
Brittany Marchand felt like her career was on an upswing after tying for eighth at the Florida's Natural Charity Classic in early March. It was the first tournament of the Symetra Tour season and was ...
Jul 22, 2020
B.C., Alberta service puppies put through transit paces after pandemic delay
VANCOUVER - It appears that even service puppies can't escape the changes of the pandemic. Bill Thornton, the CEO of BC & Alberta Guide Dogs, says the new recruits are far behind on...
Jul 22, 2020
Nurse and Raptors decide to go hard two days before much-anticipated return
Two days before they step on the court for their first game in more than four months, the Toronto Raptors didn't want to take it easy Wednesday. So after a casual poll of players revealed they wa...
Jul 22, 2020
B.C. environmental group asks court to revoke government's wolf cull permits
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia environmental group has launched a legal petition alleging the provincial government's wolf kill to save caribou is breaking federal and provincial laws. Pacific Wi...
Jul 22, 2020