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Meng makes 'unusual' request for admission of HSBC evidence in extradition case
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say they are making an "unusual" request to admit new evidence in her extradition case, but they argue the documents prove the United States has m...
Jun 29, 2021

Meng makes 'unusual' request for admission of HSBC evidence in extradition case
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say they are making an "unusual" request to admit new evidence in her extradition case, but they argue the documents prove the United States has m...
Jun 29, 2021

Indigenous leaders to meet with Pope Francis seeking apology for residential schools
OTTAWA - A delegation of Indigenous leaders will visit the Vatican later this year to press for a papal apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The Canadian Conference of Cathol...
Jun 29, 2021

TYH: Concussion Cards
PRINCE GEORGE - As Brain Injury Awareness Month in Canada winds down, activities are starting to fully ramp up back to normal for many following pauses due to COVID-19.As those sporting activities get...
Jun 29, 2021

Record set for illicit drug deaths for first five months of 2021 in British Columbia
VICTORIA - British Columbia's coroners service says more people have died from suspected illicit drug toxicity in the first five months of 2021 than in any other year during the same period. The agenc...
Jun 29, 2021

Royal B.C. Museum chairman apologizes after report finds racism, offensive exhibits
VICTORIA - The chairman of the Royal British Columbia Museum is apologizing to an Indigenous whistleblower after a report cited acts of racism and discrimination at the facility in Victoria. The repor...
Jun 29, 2021

Royal B.C. Museum chairman apologizes after report finds racism, offensive exhibits
VICTORIA - The chairman of the Royal British Columbia Museum is apologizing to an Indigenous whistleblower after a report cited acts of racism and discrimination at the facility in Victoria. The repor...
Jun 29, 2021

Ottawa to close 60 per cent of commercial salmon fisheries to conserve stocks
VANCOUVER - The federal government says it will close several commercial Pacific salmon fisheries in British Columbia and Yukon beginning this season to conserve fish stocks that are on the "verge of ...
Jun 29, 2021

Ottawa to close 60 per cent of commercial salmon fisheries to conserve stocks
VANCOUVER - The federal government says it will close several commercial Pacific salmon fisheries in British Columbia and Yukon beginning this season to conserve fish stocks that are on the "verge of ...
Jun 29, 2021

Nanaimo's all-time heat record still stands despite sweltering Monday
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo area just barely missed breaking the all-time record for hottest day ever in the area. Environment Canada showed the thermometer at Nanaimo Airport reached 40.5 degrees on Monday...
Jun 29, 2021