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Uber, Lyft drivers protest across the US, overseas
NEW YORK - Some drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft turned off their apps Wednesday to protest what they say are declining wages at a time when both companies are raking in billions of dolla...
May 08, 2019
Okanagan RCMP used aircraft, spike belt to stop car, but it wasn’t the vehicle they were looking for
VERNON, B.C. - After RCMP asked for help finding a vehicle connected to a Vernon complaint on Tuesday afternoon, police in the Central Okanagan used a spike belt and a tracking aircraft to stop a car....
May 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Victoria's Sarah Kaufman ready for new challenge in Professional Fighters League
With titles in Strikeforce and Invicta, Sarah Kaufman is a trailblazer for Canadian mixed martial arts. But bouts have been hard to find recently for the former UFC fighter. That has changed with the ...
May 08, 2019
AP Source: Pegula relinquishes control of NWHL Buffalo team
BUFFALO, N.Y. - A person with direct knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press the owner of the Buffalo Beauts has given up control of the National Women's Hockey League franchise. The move...
May 08, 2019
Humans' racket a growing threat to East Coast whales, scientists warn
HALIFAX - A human-made racket under the ocean is a growing threat to three types of whales off the East Coast, Canadian scientists say. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada rel...
May 08, 2019
Wildlife advocate questions decision to kill pigeons pooping on Saskatoon bridge
SASKATOON - Crews tasked with cleaning a Saskatchewan bridge are in for a dirty job. The City of Saskatoon says that over the last 50 years one of its bridges has accumulated nearly 350...
May 08, 2019
A leak, a probe, a case closed: A timeline of the Mark Norman saga
OTTAWA - The decision Wednesday to stay a breach-of-trust charge against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman has ended his criminal case but his future in the military is unclear. What's happened so fa...
May 08, 2019
Mel Gibson to play Santa Claus in 'Fatman' comedy
NEW YORK - Mel Gibson is to play Santa Claus in "Fatman," a comedy that will be shopped at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. Gibson is attached as Kris Kringle in the film to be directed by Ian and E...
May 08, 2019
Greenhouses gas causing Canadian Arctic seas to acidify quicker: report
Research suggests that greenhouse gases are turning Canada's Arctic waters acidic at a faster rate than anywhere else in the North. The results were presented to the eight countries that ring the Arct...
May 08, 2019
Bring on the camp: Met Gala exhibit explores camp in fashion
NEW YORK - Louis XIV and Oscar Wilde, meet Bjork and Lady Gaga. What quality do they share, across the centuries? An innate sense of camp - the esthetic that's being celebrated in the new fashion mega...
May 08, 2019
