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Congress challenged by funding emergency at the border
WASHINGTON - Congress has only a few weeks to advance an emergency funding bill to deal with the escalating humanitarian crisis at the southern border, creating a time crunch that has lawmakers on all...
Jun 05, 2019
More Washington workers could see OT pay under proposed rule
OLYMPIA, Wash. - More than 250,000 workers in Washington state would be newly eligible for overtime pay by 2026 under a rule proposed Wednesday by the state's Department of Labor and Industries. The s...
Jun 05, 2019
Amazon says drones will be making deliveries in 'months'
LAS VEGAS - Amazon said Wednesday that it plans to use self-piloted drones to deliver packages to shoppers' home in the coming months. The online shopping giant did not give exact timing or say where ...
Jun 05, 2019
Renault delays decision - again - on Fiat Chrysler merger
PARIS - Renault said early Thursday it was unable to make a decision on Fiat Chrysler's merger offer because the French government asked for a delay. The French carmaker made the announcement after a ...
Jun 05, 2019
Blues wearing down Bruins in Cup Final battle of attrition
BOSTON - Twice the Boston Bruins have been forced to finish a Stanley Cup Final game down a defenceman. The St. Louis Blues won each time. That's not a coincidence. Wearing out opponents and winning t...
Jun 05, 2019
Alberta introduces amended Education Act; Opposition says LGBTQ kids at risk
EDMONTON - Alberta is overhauling its framework for grade-school education for the first time in a generation, but the Opposition says it's just a cover to out gay kids and expose ...
Jun 05, 2019
Aging Haida totem comes down during ceremony outside Royal B.C. Museum
VICTORIA - An aging totem pole that told the story of a murdered woman was lowered during a ceremony outside Victoria's Royal British Columbia Museum. Dancers circled the replica Haida mortuary pole, ...
Jun 05, 2019
Indigenous police chief calls for governments to implement MMIWG recommendations
MONTREAL - The head of the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association is calling on Ottawa and Quebec to address the chronic underfunding of Indigenous police forces outlined in this week's repor...
Jun 05, 2019
Woman takes federal border agency to court after trusted-traveller pass pulled
OTTAWA - A woman says her father's poor memory, not a desire to skirt the rules, resulted in Canadian authorities cancelling her trusted-traveller card after she allegedly failed to declare several th...
Jun 05, 2019
Stampeders reflect on slain teammate Mylan Hicks upon killer’s sentencing
CALGARY - On the day the killer of their slain teammate was sentenced, the Calgary Stampeders were thinking about Mylan Hicks and his family. Nelson Lugela was sentenced Wednesday to life in...
Jun 05, 2019
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