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Under RCMP investigation, Sims steps down as Minister of Citizens' Services
VICTORIA - BC's Minister of Citizens' Services stepped down from cabinet yesterday (Oct. 4), amidst an RCMP investigation. In a release, Premier John Horgan says he was advised by the Attorney General...
Oct 5, 2019 (Image Credit: Facebook / Jinny Sims)
Drop in US service sector activity raises economic concerns
WASHINGTON - Growth in the U.S. economy's vast services sector slowed sharply in September to its lowest point in three years, suggesting that the Trump administration's trade conflicts and rising unc...
Oct 5, 2019
Rugby league officials say Wolfpack meet promotion criteria if they win Saturday
TORONTO - On the eve of their promotion showdown with Featherstone Rovers, the Toronto Wolfpack have got the green light to join the Super League if they win Saturday's Million Pound Game. T...
Oct 5, 2019
Last Sable Island horse in captivity dies at wildlife park in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - The last Sable Island horse in captivity - a stocky, chestnut-coloured male with no name - has died. The 30-year-old animal, which was in declining health, was ...
Oct 5, 2019
4 homeless men attacked and killed in New York City
NEW YORK - A man wielding a long metal object rampaged through New York City early Saturday attacking sleeping homeless people, killing four and leaving a fifth in critical condition. New York Police ...
Oct 5, 2019
Civilian employee kills 4 in knife attack at Paris police HQ
PARIS - A civilian employee raged through Paris police headquarters with a knife Thursday, stabbing four police colleagues to death before he was shot and killed, French authorities said. The man, a t...
Oct 5, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: City hands pink slip to another volunteer heritage group
ANOTHER HERITAGE GROUP is being given its walking papers by City Hall. That makes three. Three strikes and you're out, in effect.The circumstances are all somewhat different, but the result is the sam...
Oct 5, 2019 St. Andrews (Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger)
Trump tweet of Nickelback video aimed at Biden removed
NEW YORK - Twitter and YouTube have removed a video from President Donald Trump that featured an edited Nickelback music video clip that took aim at former Vice-President Joe Biden. Both a Twitter pos...
Oct 5, 2019
Ugandan activist Bobi Wine defies ban on trademark red beret
KAMPALA, Uganda - The Ugandan pop star and opposition figure whose trademark red beret has been banned by the government is urging supporters to defy the order that he calls a "sham." The beret worn b...
Oct 5, 2019
Bianca Andreescu ready to face Naomi Osaka after 17th win in a row
BEIJING - Bianca Andreescu's next test figures to be one of her biggest challenges of the year. The Canadian tennis star set up a quarterfinal showdown with Japan's Naomi Osaka on Friday by winni...
Oct 5, 2019
