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Toronto Zoo pivots to 'drive-thru experience' as safe alternative in COVID era
TORONTO - The Toronto Zoo will be a "drive-thru experience" when it gets the green light to open its gates to visitors, a spokeswoman said Thursday, while other zoos eye numerous options as they ...
May 14, 2020
Dark stain: Minister says Indigenous ceremonies to continue despite COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada's Indigenous services minister says banning sacred ceremonies is a "dark stain" on the country's history and they will be allowed to continue despite restrictions put in place due...
May 14, 2020
BC Transit selects vendor to install full driver doors on buses
VICTORIA- B.C. Transit says they have chosen a vendor to complete the installation of full driver doors on existing buses in fleets outside of Victoria and the Regional District of Nanaimo.Kodiak Mobi...
May 14, 2020
International deal to protect ozone layer behind new contaminant problem: study
EDMONTON - A landmark environmental agreement that helped close the ozone hole in the 1990s may have led to new chemical contaminants. The Montreal Protocol, which came into force in 1989, banned the ...
May 14, 2020
Virus whistleblower tells lawmakers US lacks vaccine plan
WASHINGTON - Whistleblower Rick Bright warned on Thursday that the U.S. lacks a plan to produce and fairly distribute a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available. The nation could face "the darkes...
May 14, 2020
Shots fired leads to man in custody, say Terrace RCMP
TERRACE- A man is in police custody after reports of shots fired yesterday (May 13).At around 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday, May 13, Terrace RCMP were called to the 3700 block of Pine Ave. after reports of s...
May 14, 2020
Victoria to remain host of Olympic basketball qualifying tournament
VICTORIA - Canada's men's basketball team will still get a chance to qualify at home for an Olympic berth. FIBA announced Thursday that four Olympic qualifying tournaments for the Tokyo Games, includi...
May 14, 2020
Curbside hold pick-up starting up: PGPL takes phased approach to service resumption
PRINCE GEORGE-The wait is over for the bookworms in our community, they will once again be able to pick out their favourite read from the Prince George Public Library (PGPL).Starting May 25th the PGPL...
May 14, 2020
Head of World Trade Organization to step down early
GENEVA - The head of the World Trade Organization said Thursday he will leave his post a year before his term expires, an unprecedented mid-term resignation at the WTO that he called a "personal decis...
May 14, 2020
Burr steps aside as Senate intelligence chair amid FBI probe
Sen. Richard Burr stepped aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday after the FBI served a search warrant for his phone as part of an ongoing insider-trading investigation tie...
May 14, 2020