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Doctors from racialized communities tackle COVID vaccine hesitancy in new campaign
CALGARY - Doctors across Canada are banding together to encourage racialized communities most at risk of COVID-19 infection to get vaccinated against the virus. A new campaign called This is Our Shot ...
Apr 28, 2021
Carmelo Anthony memoir coming out in September
NEW YORK - Carmelo Anthony's life story includes a great deal besides basketball. The 10-time NBA All-Star has a memoir coming out Sept. 14 that publisher Gallery Books is calling "raw and inspiration...
Apr 28, 2021
NWHL doubles salary cap to $300K, delays Montreal expansion
The National Women's Hockey League announced Wednesday it is doubling its salary cap to $300,000 for each of its six teams based on projections that it is making strides in achieving financial stabili...
Apr 28, 2021
New Westminster school district votes to immediately cancel police liaison program
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A second school district in British Columbia has ended a program that put uniformed officers in its elementary, middle and secondary schools, but trustees are not rejecting fur...
Apr 28, 2021
Chicago stages drive-through Wagner in underground garage
CHICAGO - Amid signs pointing "To Elevator" and advising drivers to "Take Parking Ticket With You," the Rhinemaidens lament the theft of their gold, Siegfried is murdered, and Brnnhilde drives off in ...
Apr 28, 2021
Teck Resources reports $305M Q1 profit, boosted by higher commodity prices
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. reported a first-quarter profit of $305 million compared with a loss a year earlier, helped by higher commodity prices.The Vancouver-based mining company says prices fo...
Apr 28, 2021
COVID-19-ravaged nursing homes and entering U.S. on a kayak: In The News for April 28
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 28 ... COVID-19 news we are watching in ...
Apr 28, 2021
EU lawmakers approve post-Brexit trade treaty
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders, their British counterparts and European businesses expressed hope Wednesday that the final ratification of the post-Brexit trade deal will open a new, positive era o...
Apr 28, 2021
Former Liberal gaming minister, deputy premier to testify at money laundering inquiry
VANCOUVER - A former B.C. Liberal cabinet minister who was responsible for gaming for more than a decade is scheduled to testify today at the public inquiry into money laundering. Rich Coleman, a six-...
Apr 28, 2021
B.C. legwork positions it to capitalize on Ottawa's support on child care: Advocates
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is well positioned for the widespread expansion of its goal of achieving child care for $10 a day thanks to federal commitments announced last week, a longtime advocate fo...
Apr 28, 2021