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B.C. Labour Relations Board finds Starbucks made threats against pro-union employee
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Labour Relations Board says Starbucks wrongfully made "threats of adverse consequences" against an employee for her unionization activity, but found the company had a "legitimate ...
Feb 14, 2025
PETERS: Even in our camera-mad world, we need to be wary of government surveillance
KAMLOOPS COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING whether to okay widespread surveillance on public infrastructure as a means to deter crime.Just 20 years ago, such an idea would have been summarily decried as foreign ...
Feb 14, 2025
US Vice President JD Vance's office says he met German far-right leader Alice Weidel
MUNICH (AP) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance's office says he met the leader of a German far-right party during a trip to Germany. In a speech before the Munich Security Conference he had lectured Europ...
Feb 14, 2025
Second federal judge pauses Trump’s order against gender-affirming care for youth
SEATTLE (AP) - A second federal judge on Friday paused President Donald Trump's executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19. U.S. District Court Ju...
Feb 14, 2025
Rwanda-backed rebels advance into eastern Congo's 2nd major city of Bukavu, residents say
GOMA, Congo (AP) - Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo on Friday entered the region's second-largest city of Bukavu, local and civil society leaders said, the latest ground gained since a major esca...
Feb 14, 2025
Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport might not have heard instructions from the air tra...
Feb 14, 2025
Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport might not have heard instructions from the air tra...
Feb 14, 2025
Homeowner pleads guilty to shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl who rang the wrong doorbell
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) - An 86-year-old Kansas City man pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man's doorbell by mistake. Andr...
Feb 14, 2025
Hearing White House aide reinforce Trump's annexation plans 'chilling,' premier says
WASHINGTON - Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says it was "chilling" to hear a top White House adviser say U.S. President Donald Trump is serious about making Canada the 51st state. All ...
Feb 14, 2025
Poilievre, Freeland rebuff Trump's call for Russia to rejoin G7
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that Russia be allowed back into the G7. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office hasn't answere...
Feb 14, 2025
