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Google workers form new labour union, a tech industry rarity
A group of Google engineers and other workers announced Monday they have formed a union, creating a rare foothold for the labour movement in the tech industry. About 225 employees at Google and its pa...
Jan 04, 2021
Prosecutor: Wisconsin pharmacist thought vaccine was unsafe
PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. - A Wisconsin pharmacist told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he felt the shots weren't safe, a prosecutor said Monday. Police in Grafton...
Jan 04, 2021
Nunavut woman dies from COVID-19 after delivering baby in Winnipeg hospital
A Nunavut mother has died from COVID-19 complications after giving birth in a Winnipeg hospital. Silatik Qavvik, from the Hudson Bay community of Sanikiluaq, travelled in November to Winnipeg to deliv...
Jan 04, 2021
B.C.'s top doctor limits staff increases at five industrial worksites
VICTORIA - An order by British Columbia's top doctor requires five major industrial projects in the Northern Health region to limit how many staff are allowed to return to work in the next two months ...
Jan 04, 2021
Kamloops RCMP holiday road checks find 21 impaired drivers
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say road checks over the holidays resulted in 21 impaired drivers being taken off the road.According to a news release, the Counter Attack program included three weekends of r...
Jan 04, 2021
Saudi Arabia to lift Qatar embargo, open airspace and border
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Kuwait's foreign ministry announced Monday that Saudi Arabia will open its air and land borders with Qatar in the first steps toward ending a diplomatic crisis that has d...
Jan 04, 2021
Poor IT support hurting Canadian military operations, internal review finds
OTTAWA - An internal Defence Department report says Canadian Armed Forces operations and security may be at risk due to major problems with how the military's computer networks are supported. The repo...
Jan 04, 2021
One additional death at Jubilee Lodge
PRINCE GEORGE - There has been one additional death at the Jubliee Lodge as a result of COVID.To date, 48 residents have tested positive for COVID-19, which represents no change from previous updates....
Jan 04, 2021
GINTA: Politics and integrity should overlap — always
I saw a funny tweet a couple of days ago. It went something like this, 'Canadians are urged not to travel overseas during the pandemic. They'd risk running into some of their elected officials...' Exc...
Jan 04, 2021
Canadians Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil won't play in season-opening event
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - Canadians Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil have pulled out of the season-opening Delray Beach Open. The ATP Tour 250 hard-court event opens Thursday. The Delray Beach tournament, w...
Jan 04, 2021
