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Uber applies to broaden service in B.C., starting in Kelowna and Victoria
VANCOUVER - After starting in the Lower Mainland, ride-hailing giant Uber is announcing plans to fan out throughout B.C.In an application made to B.C.'s Passenger Transportation Board (PTB) Wednesday ...
Sep 10, 2020
CHARBONNEAU: Good memorials, bad memorials of residential schools
FIRST NATIONS SHOW THE WAY to reconciliation. Protestors with other agendas should pay heed.In a transformative move, Indigenous Canadians have designated the residential schools that robbed them of t...
Sep 10, 2020
Milan Fashion Week to include Black Lives Matter event
MILAN - The Italian fashion council's only Black designer has hailed as a ''breakthrough'' the inclusion of a Black Lives Matter event to the official September show calendar and the formation of a wo...
Sep 10, 2020
Hollywood's inclusion problems still run deep, study finds
NEW YORK - As Hollywood searches for a response to the reckoning brought on by the death of George Floyd and the Academy Awards move to make Oscar nominees more inclusive, a new study captures how the...
Sep 10, 2020
Blue staters make their case in satirical 'Coastal Elites'
NEW YORK - Playwright Paul Rudnick has never been comfortable with the term "coastal elites," that sneering nod to educated professionals who live in California cities or along the Eastern seaboard. "...
Sep 10, 2020
Kamloops woman wins $50,000 from scratch ticket
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops resident says she's going to use her winnings from a scratch-and-win ticket to become a former Kamloops resident.According to a news release from B.C. Lottery Corporation, Tammy ...
Sep 10, 2020
Curling schedule loses six more events because of COVID-19
Curling Canada has cancelled six more events in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization announced Thursday it has cancelled the Continental Cup in Oakville, Ont., the Canadian under-18...
Sep 10, 2020
Wild weather hikes Alberta insured damages above national average at nearly $2B
EDMONTON - A series of severe weather events in Alberta this year has led to insured damages of nearly $2 billion. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the industry is working to process nearly 10...
Sep 10, 2020
On Biden's heels, Trump heads to Michigan in search of working-class votes
WASHINGTON - Hot on the heels of his Democratic challenger, Donald Trump is headed to Michigan today - a critical stretch of his road back to the White House. Trump is scheduled to hold an evening ral...
Sep 10, 2020
Two Alberta Mounties face manslaughter charges in shooting death of man in car
EDMONTON - Two RCMP officers who were charged in the shooting death of a 31-year old man in northern Alberta two years ago are now facing manslaughter charges. Cpl. Randy Stenger and Const. Jessica Br...
Sep 10, 2020
