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TSB report cites fatigue in B.C. tug incident, says mate asleep while on watch
VICTORIA - The Transportation Safety board cites crew fatigue as a cause in a report involving a British Columbia tug that touched bottom while towing a barge loaded with cement south of Kitimat. The ...
Jan 10, 2019
Prime minister pleased tensions are easing at site of B.C. pipeline protest
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Arrests at a blockade this week show the government needs to properly engage with Indigenous Peoples and build a different relationship than it has had in the past, Prime Minister Jus...
Jan 10, 2019
Prime minister pleased tensions are easing at site of B.C. pipeline protest
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Arrests at a blockade this week show the government needs to properly engage with Indigenous Peoples and build a different relationship than it has had in the past, Prime Minister Jus...
Jan 10, 2019
Talks continue to break impasse over pipeline construction in northern B.C.
SMITHERS, B.C. - A senior Mountie says a meeting with the hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation is going "well" as they discuss an agreement that would ...
Jan 10, 2019
Supreme Court set to rule on voting rights for long-term expat Canadians
TORONTO - Long-term Canadian expats are set to find out on Friday whether a now-repealed 25-year-old law barring them from voting in federal elections was constitutional. The pending decision by ...
Jan 10, 2019
Talks continue to break impasse over pipeline construction in northern B.C.
SMITHERS, B.C. - A senior Mountie says a meeting with the hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation is going "well" as they discuss an agreement that would ...
Jan 10, 2019
Supreme Court set to rule on voting rights for long-term expat Canadians
TORONTO - Long-term Canadian expats are set to find out on Friday whether a now-repealed 25-year-old law barring them from voting in federal elections was constitutional. The pending decision by ...
Jan 10, 2019
Quebec premier backs order forcing hospital to remove bilingual signs
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault is defending an order forcing a hospital northwest of Montreal to remove its bilingual signs. To the dismay of local politicians, the hospital in L...
Jan 10, 2019
Quebec premier backs order forcing hospital to remove bilingual signs
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault is defending an order forcing a hospital northwest of Montreal to remove its bilingual signs. To the dismay of local politicians, the hospital in L...
Jan 10, 2019
Thalidomide survivor calls on government to boost annual payment
OTTAWA - Thalidomide survivor Fiona Sampson says a Health Canada revamp of a compensation program doesn't boost annual payments to a level that could make the difference between independence and insti...
Jan 10, 2019
