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NDP calls for universal sick-leave benefits as people return to work
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says all Canadians should have access to two weeks of sick leave benefits as provinces start moving to reopen their economies. He says they will otherwise face a...
May 13, 2020
Toronto FC groundskeeper
'very, very, very happy" with BMO Field pitch
TORONTO - While Major League Soccer has been on hiatus since March 12 because of the global pandemic, Robert Heggie has been hard at work. Toronto FC's director of groundskeeping and a skeleton c...
May 13, 2020
Vancity CEO Tamara Vrooman to become Vancouver Airport Authority chief
VANCOUVER - The chief executive of Vancity is stepping down as head of the credit union to become chief executive of the Vancouver Airport Authority. Tamara Vrooman, who will continue at Vancity ...
May 13, 2020
A look at some of the Canadians who have lost their lives to COVID-19
COVID-19 has sickened tens of thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed thousands. "While we can start to become numb to these numbers as time goes on, each one of these individuals had a ...
May 13, 2020
RCMP request public's help in locating missing man
QUESNEL- RCMP are requesting the public's help in finding a man reported missing yesterday (May 12).Quesnel RCMP say that Andrew Charles Ward was last seen on May 9 at around 8:30 p.m., on Pinnacles S...
May 13, 2020
Research says T. rex was built for long distances, not sprints
New research suggests that Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the most feared predators in the Age of Dinosaurs, was built for endurance, not speed. A paper published today supports theories that the mass...
May 13, 2020
Service continues after derailment near Burns Lake on Sunday
BURNS LAKE-A train derailment on Sunday near Burns Lake that paused rail service has now been cleared.CN Rail says that nine cars containing coal derailed in various positions, no fire, or dangerous g...
May 13, 2020
Nassar-related case dismissed against ex-university chief
DETROIT - A judge dismissed criminal charges Wednesday against former Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon, who was accused of lying to investigators in 2018 as they tried to learn what ...
May 13, 2020
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says no plans to cancel rest of season
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says he has no plans on cancelling the remainder of the NHL season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bettman spoke Tuesday at a virtual town hall hosted by the San Jose ...
May 13, 2020
100 Mile House mayor confident tree-planters will follow strict pandemic-related rules
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Millions of trees are planted in the B.C. Interior every year, but the business model has never been built to be pandemic-friendly.Private companies contracted by the B.C. Minis...
May 13, 2020