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Air Canada to suspend flights between Vancouver and Delhi this summer
VANCOUVER - Air Canada says it is suspending flights between Vancouver and Delhi this summer due to the difficulties of avoiding Russian and Ukrainian airspace. The airline says in a release Wednesday...
Apr 06, 2022
Top-seed Sabalenka, past champ Keys advance in Charleston
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka won for the first time since late February, outlasting American Alison Riske 7-6 (3), 6-4 on Wednesday to start the weather-delayed Credit One Charle...
Apr 06, 2022
Metro Vancouver mayors ask province for more funding for affordable housing
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver mayors are asking the provincial government for more support to provide affordable housing in the region. Housing Minister David Eby acknowledged when he spoke to the mayor...
Apr 06, 2022
Kamloops Chamber of Commerce 'pleasantly surprised' with 2022 property tax increase
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce was pleasantly surprised Tuesday (April 5) when they saw that city council approved a 4.92 per cent property tax increase."[It] is a little lower than what ...
Apr 06, 2022
B.C. makes changes to allow a single-step process for workers to unionize
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is making changes to the Labour Relations Code to allow a single-step process to certify a union when a majority of workers want to unionize. A statement fro...
Apr 06, 2022
Extend special immigration measures to other crises: House of Commons committee
OTTAWA - The House of Commons committee on immigration says there has been a distinct difference between the way Canada has treated Ukrainians fleeing the war in their country and those fleeing other ...
Apr 06, 2022
Canadian Rory (The Red King) MacDonald returns to action at PFL 3 on May 6
TORONTO - Canadian welterweight Rory (The Red King) MacDonald will meet American Brett (Fudoshin) Cooper at PFL 3 on May 6 at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas. Lightweight champion Kayla ...
Apr 06, 2022
COVID-19: Hospitalization, ICU patient totals steady Wednesday
VICTORIA - In its latest COVID-19 surveillance report issued Wednesday (Apr. 6), B.C.'s Ministry of Health is showing 329 people in hospital with the virus, a decrease of five from Tuesday.The ministr...
Apr 06, 2022
Scavino, Navarro held in contempt of Congress in 1/6 probe
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino were held in contempt of Congress on Wednesday for their monthlong refusal to comply with subpoenas rendered by the House committe...
Apr 06, 2022
Extend special immigration measures to other crises: House of Commons committee
OTTAWA - The House of Commons committee on immigration says there has been a distinct difference between the way Canada has treated Ukrainians fleeing the war in their country and those fleeing other ...
Apr 06, 2022
