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Two workers have died after crane topples on Gabriola Island: B.C. RCMP
GABRIOLA, B.C. - The RCMP say two workers have died after a crane toppled on Gabriola Island in British Columbia.The Mounties say in a news release that police and emergency services were called to a ...
Mar 16, 2021
B.C.'s income and disability rates to increase by $175 per month in April
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is raising income and disability assistance rates by $175 a month for more than 300,000 people starting in April. Nicholas Simons, the minister of social dev...
Mar 16, 2021
2 people dead in Southern California fireworks explosion
ONTARIO, Calif. - Two people were killed when a large fireworks stash exploded Tuesday in inland Southern California, setting off a series of blasts that rocked the residential neighbourhood and sent ...
Mar 16, 2021
Raptors clear Siakam, VanVleet, Flynn and McCaw to return to practice
Four Toronto Raptors are one step closer to returning. Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet, Malachi Flynn and Patrick McCaw were cleared to practise in Detroit on Tuesday after being sidelined for health and...
Mar 16, 2021
Vancouver Giants associate coach talks coaching, winning Memorial Cup with Kamloops
KAMLOOPS --- Blazers players are quarantined at their billets, while players and coaches from the Prince George Cougars and Vancouver Giants are at the Sandman Signature Hotel, awaiting a second COVID...
Mar 16, 2021
Officials in B.C., Washington state team up against invasive giant hornets
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Officials with the British Columbia and Washington state agriculture departments along with U.S. federal agencies are teaming up to trap, track and destroy invasive Asian giant hornet...
Mar 16, 2021
Five things to know about NACI's new advice on AstraZeneca's vaccine and seniors
OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization adjusted Tuesday its advice for the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to say that it can now be given to seniors. On March 1, NACI said the...
Mar 16, 2021
Judge rules 16 names in Nova Scotia mass shooting warrants to remain redacted
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia judge has ruled that the names of 16 people who gave statements to police following last April's mass shooting will remain redacted. In a written decision released today, Judge...
Mar 16, 2021
Carve-outs to mandatory hotel quarantine announced for temporary foreign workers
OTTAWA - Temporary foreign workers will continue to be exempt from mandatory hotel quarantines if they are asymptomatic upon arrival in Canada and have private transport to their work sites. But those...
Mar 16, 2021
With limited cap room, Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin not likely to be active at deadline
MONTREAL - Marc Bergevin isn't expecting to go hunting for major reinforcements ahead of the trade deadline, mainly due to being tight against the salary cap. During a midseason review, the Montreal C...
Mar 16, 2021
