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Fairness officer role approved as ICBC launches enhanced care auto insurance
VICTORIA - The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia has created a new position aimed at ensuring the Crown-run auto insurer makes fair and transparent decisions related to its newly launched enha...
Jun 04, 2021
No early heads-up from U.S. about plan to propose higher softwood duties, Ng says
WASHINGTON - Canada's international trade minister says she got no warning from her American counterpart before the United States proposed doubling its duties on Canadian softwood lumber. Mary Ng told...
Jun 04, 2021
Canadian flanker Michael Smith flourishing in MLR with the San Diego Legion
Medical school awaits for Michael Smith. But first the 23-year-old from White Rock, B.C., is focusing on his rugby education. And Smith is learning from the best at the San Diego Legion alongside the ...
Jun 04, 2021
Liberals tap text messaging platform to directly connect with Canadians
OTTAWA - The Liberal Party of Canada has adopted a new digital tool to more directly reach supporters and potential voters - the same one increasingly used by celebrities to interact more intimately w...
Jun 04, 2021
Fisher-Price recalls baby soothers after 4 infant deaths
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) - Fisher-Price says it is recalling a model of its baby soothers after the deaths of four infants who were placed on their backs unrestrained in the devices and later found on ...
Jun 04, 2021
Foster care is modern-day residential school system: Inuit MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq
OTTAWA - In the wake of the tragic discovery of an unmarked burial site in Kamloops, B.C., the Liberals are facing tough questions about ongoing harms being suffered by Indigenous children in the chil...
Jun 04, 2021
NDSS in hold-and-secure after reports of youth who may have a weapon
NANAIMO - The largest school in Nanaimo is under a hold-and-secure due to reports of a youth with a weapon. Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien said the order was put in place after students reported a you...
Jun 04, 2021
Staff of Nova Scotia's Mass Casualty Commission visit scene at Portapique, N.S.
PORTAPIQUE, N.S. - Staff members of a public inquiry investigating Nova Scotia's mass shooting took a walk today along the roads where the rampage began the night of April 18, 2020. The group visiting...
Jun 04, 2021
Legislature member says Alberta premier's patio dinner clearly broke COVID-19 rules
EDMONTON - One of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's caucus members says restaurant owners should be allowed more leeway if the premier is allowed to break COVID-19 rules on patio dining. Angela Pitt says...
Jun 04, 2021
O'Regan says 30 million trees to be planted this year out of two billion by 2030
OTTAWA - A Liberal campaign pledge to plant two billion trees by 2030 finally seems to have taken root. Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan announced 30 million trees will be planted this season...
Jun 04, 2021
