Sarah Mills: Archie Wilson shows courage in vulnerability
A young Nebraska football player, Australian Archie Wilson, broke down in tears when asked about being so far from home....
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RCMP officers to begin wearing body-worn cameras in Nunavut later this year
OTTAWA - The RCMP says Mounties serving in Iqaluit are to be equipped with body-worn cameras later this year as part of a pilot project that aims to help strengthen accountability and public trust of ...
Oct 21, 2020
B.C. NDP takes snap election risk during pandemic in quest for majority government
VICTORIA - British Columbia's New Democrats took a risk calling a snap election during a global pandemic to pursue a majority government, creating a major campaign issue for the party's opponents.&nbs...
Oct 21, 2020
US: Russian hackers targeting state, local networks
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials said Thursday that Russian hackers have targeted the networks of dozens of state and local governments in the United States in recent days, stealing data from at least two ...
Oct 21, 2020
Highlights of the party platforms in the B.C. election
Here are highlights of the platforms of the three main parties in the B.C. election: NDP: - Families with an annual household income under $125,000 would get a one-time $1,000 COVID-19 recovery ...
Oct 21, 2020
Macron says beheaded teacher was victim of stupidity, hate
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron promised Wednesday that France will not renounce freedoms taught by a schoolteacher beheaded by a radical Islamist last week after showing caricatures of the prophet ...
Oct 21, 2020
Armenian PM sees no way to settle conflict through diplomacy
YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia's prime minister said Wednesday that Azerbaijan's aggressive stance in the 25-day fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh leaves no room for diplomacy, and urged citizens to sign up ...
Oct 21, 2020
A QuickSketch of B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau
A sketch of Sonia Furstenau, leader of British Columbia's Green party: Family: She lives in the Cowichan Valley with her husband, Blaise, and their children. Education: Has a bachelor of ...
Oct 21, 2020
In pitch for Biden, Obama urges voters to cast Trump out
PHILADELPHIA - Former President Barack Obama blasted President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus, his culpability in national discord and his overall fitness for the job on Wednesday as he ma...
Oct 21, 2020
A QuickSketch of B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan
A sketch of John Horgan, leader of the NDP in British Columbia: Family: Married Ellie in 1984; two grown sons, Nate and Evan. His father died when he was 18 months old. He was the youngest of fo...
Oct 21, 2020
B.C. Green leader hopes voters see value in minority government
VANCOUVER - The leader of the B.C. Green party is betting on a legislature in which one party doesn't hold all the power in the final days of a snap election campaign that began a week after her leade...
Oct 21, 2020
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