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Names of Humboldt Broncos crash victims remembered in scholarships, arenas
Dozens of bursaries and scholarships have been created in the names of 16 people who died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash one year ago. In addition, they have had their names attached to arenas, dre...
Apr 04, 2019
B.C. herring fishery ends for another season, controversy over catch continues
VICTORIA - Commercial fishing boats on the B.C. coast have returned to their home ports after a successful spring herring roe fishery in the Strait of Georgia off Vancouver Island, but opponents of th...
Apr 04, 2019
PBO says it cannot fully measure cost of tax avoidance due to incomplete data
OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says he still does not have access to all the data his office needs to determine the amount of money the federal government loses each ...
Apr 04, 2019
Report: Crew of doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight followed procedures
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - A preliminary report released Thursday by Ethiopia's government has found the crew of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed shortly after takeoff last month performed al...
Apr 04, 2019
Legal battle continues between smokers, tobacco companies and provincial govts
TORONTO - Lawyers representing Quebec smokers and provincial governments are pushing back against an Ontario court ruling that suspended legal proceedings against three major tobacco compani...
Apr 04, 2019
Pope names moderate Gregory as Washington, DC, archbishop
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Thursday named Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory as the new archbishop of Washington D.C., choosing a moderate, and the first African-American, to lead the archdiocese t...
Apr 04, 2019
In the news today, April 4
Five stories in the news for Thursday, April 4 --- FAMILIES HONOUR LOVED ONES FROM BRONCOS BUS CRASH Families of people who died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash say scholarships, events and pla...
Apr 04, 2019
Nissan's Ghosn arrested again in financial misconduct case
Tokyo prosecutors arrested Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn on Thursday for a fourth time, on fresh allegations that cut short his brief time outside detention. Early in the morning, Ghosn was ta...
Apr 04, 2019
Slash's ex-wife auctioning items from marriage to guitarist
LOS ANGELES - The former wife of Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash is selling off exotic and erotic items from their 14 years of marriage. Julien's Auctions announced Thursday the collection from Slash an...
Apr 04, 2019
Spacey's lawyers returning to court in bar groping case
NANTUCKET, Mass. - A judge will consider motions filed by lawyers for Kevin Spacey, who's charged with groping an 18-year-old man on Nantucket in 2016. The Oscar-winning former "House of Cards" actor ...
Apr 04, 2019
