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Vancouver Aquarium closes programming amid 'financially challenging' time
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Aquarium is closing to the public, putting its programming on pause while it attempts to recover from the financial devastation of COVID-19. Ocean Wise, the non-profit organi...
Aug 31, 2020

Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation: September is the month of spirit
PRINCE GEORGE- September is the month of Spirit!The Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation will be hosting a few events throughout the month of September in order to help raise money for healthcare...
Aug 31, 2020

Feds 'looking into' alleged bullying by RCMP employee facing security charges
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Public Safety Minister Bill Blair is looking into allegations the RCMP brushed off warnings about a senior director who was later arrested on national-...
Aug 31, 2020

Berkshire Hathaway takes stakes in Japanese trading houses
TOKYO - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said Monday it has taken stakes of just over 5% in five major Japanese trading houses in what it says is a long-term investment. Share ...
Aug 31, 2020

N.S. mass shooting case: media outlets challenge redactions in search warrants
TRURO, N.S. - A lawyer for eight news media outlets is challenging the decisions of a Nova Scotia Provincial Court judge who authorized heavy redactions of RCMP search wa...
Aug 31, 2020

Ewan slaloms to sprint win; Alaphilippe leads Tour de France
SISTERON, France - Australian rider Caleb Ewan slalomed through the bunch to win a sprint finish and claim the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday. Julian Alaphilippe held onto the yellow jers...
Aug 31, 2020

Feds 'looking into' alleged bullying by RCMP employee facing security charges
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Public Safety Minister Bill Blair is looking into allegations the RCMP brushed off warnings about a senior director who was later arrested on national-...
Aug 31, 2020

Trudeau calls out vandals who toppled Montreal's Macdonald statue
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is denouncing the vandals who toppled and defaced a Montreal statue of the first prime minister of Canada, John A. Macdonald, over the weekend. Trudeau to...
Aug 31, 2020

John Oliver: Name sewage plant for me, I'll give to charity
Comedian John Oliver upped the stakes in a tongue-in-cheek spat with a Connecticut city, offering to donate $55,000 to charity if officials follow through on a joke to name its sewage treatment plant ...
Aug 31, 2020

Appeals court keeps Flynn case alive, won't order dismissal
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court won't order the dismissal of the Michael Flynn prosecution, ruling Monday that a judge is entitled to scrutinize the Justice Department's request to dismiss its ca...
Aug 31, 2020