New federal COVID-19 safety rules exempt most employers
NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration has exempted most employers from long-awaited rules for protecting workers from the coronavirus, angering labor advocates who had spent more than a year lobbying for the protections.
Immigrant deaths early in pandemic about twice that of other Canadians: StatCan
VANCOUVER — Canadian neighbourhoods where visible minorities live had a COVID-19 death rate about two times higher than areas that had a low proportion of immigrants, says a study from Statistics Canada. The study looked at the pandemic from early Mar...
US budget deficit for current year hits record $2.1 trillion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. budget deficit hit a record $2.06 trillion through the first eight months of this budget year as coronavirus relief programs drove spending to all-time highs.
Nova Scotia Teachers Union head questions school reopenings after COVID-19 cases
HALIFAX — The president of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union says he's puzzled by last week's decision to reopen schools in the Halifax area considering five have since had to close because of COVID-19 cases. In an interview Thursday, Paul Wozney
Rent control provision quietly softened by N.S. Liberals two days after announcement
HALIFAX — Two days after Nova Scotia's Liberals announced temporary rent caps in response to evictions and fast-rising rents amid the pandemic, they quietly decreased how broadly the controls applied. On Nov. 25, Chuck Porter, who was at the time minis...
Yemeni news agency: Rebel missiles hit key city, killing 8
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's Iran-backed rebels fires missiles on the central city of Marib on Thursday, killing at least eight people and wounding as many as 27, the state news agency reported.
Undoing Trump rule won’t likely affect Okefenokee mine plan
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Biden administration’s plan to revive protections for some wetlands and streams that got eliminated during Donald Trump’s presidency isn't likely to restore federal oversight of a proposed mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp's va...
Tahltan Nation, B.C. government sign agreement for shared decision-making
VICTORIA — A new agreement between the Tahltan Nation and the British Columbia government will help ensure sensitive areas aren't open to development, while providing greater certainty for everyone, says the president of the nation's central government...
Neo-Nazi group members linked to attack plot plead guilty
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Two neo-Nazi group members whose talk of planning an attack at a Virginia gun rights rally was secretly recorded by the FBI pleaded guilty on Thursday to gun charges.
Vancouver MLA Michael Lee launches campaign for B.C. Liberal leadership
VANCOUVER — Legislature member Michael Lee is taking another run at the leadership of the B.C. Liberal party. Lee, who has represented the riding of Vancouver-Langara since 2017, hopes to succeed former leader Andrew Wilkinson, who resigned after the N...