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B.C. court to hear formal arguments in Huawei executive's extradition case
VANCOUVER - The formal extradition hearing for the Huawei executive accused of fraud in the United States is expected to start today in British Columbia Supreme Court with government lawyers making th...
Aug 11, 2021

Cost of used icebreakers Ottawa is buying from Quebec shipyard approaches $1B mark
OTTAWA - The cost of three second-hand icebreakers that the federal Liberal government is buying from Quebec shipyard Chantier Davie is inching closer to the $1-billion mark as Ottawa keeps quietly ad...
Aug 11, 2021

Afghan officials: 3 more provincial capitals fall to Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, putting nine of the nation's 34 in the insurgents' hands amid the U.S. withdrawal ...
Aug 11, 2021

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...
Aug 11, 2021

China sentences Canadian to 11 years in case tied to Huawei
DANDONG, China (AP) - A Chinese court sentenced Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison Wednesday in a spying case linked to Beijing's pressure campaign against the Canadian governm...
Aug 10, 2021

Upton, Gosselin each drive in 2, Angels top Jays in opener
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Justin Upton and Phil Gosselin each had two hits and two RBIs, and the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Tuesday in the first game of an unusual doublehea...
Aug 10, 2021

B.C. Prosecution Service says no further charges in legislature spending scandal
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Prosecution Service says two special prosecutors have declined further charges after receiving the final RCMP report into the spending activities of senior staff at the...
Aug 10, 2021

Riders’ offence not worried about second-half struggles against Lions
Jason Maas thinks a few factors played into why the Saskatchewan Roughriders' offence had two very different halves Friday.One of those was the B.C. Lions making adjustments during the teams' CFL game...
Aug 10, 2021

Yukon's chief medical officer announced as federal Liberal candidate
WHITEHORSE - Yukon's chief medical officer of health has been nominated as the candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the territory for the next federal election. Dr. Brendan Hanley says he can ...
Aug 10, 2021

Mendicino-Mayorkas meeting readout makes no mention of Canada-U.S. travel imbalance
WASHINGTON - Canada's immigration minister talked Canada-U.S. border issues Monday with the secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. But the federal government's official account of the ...
Aug 10, 2021