Joseph R. Biden Jr. laid out a populist economic vision to revive and reinvest in American manufacturing on Thursday, calling for major new spending and stricter new rules to âBuy Americanâ as part of an…
Sotomayor, Gorsuch dispute NPR report about masking feud…
Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor issued a joint statement Wednesday disputing a recent NPR report as "false" after the liberal media organization claimed the conservative justice refused to wear a mask on the…
First They Fought About Masks. Then Over the…
But as the months went by, none of the people he had bought lunch for, or helped get funding for their organizations, stood up for him. A former military member whom he counted as a…
Under fire, UK PM apologises for staff joking…
LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised on Wednesday after a video surfaced showing his staff laughing and joking about a party in Downing Street during a Christmas COVID-19 lockdown last…
Videos show about 1,000 UVic students partying despite…
A huge outdoor party at the University of Victoria on Sunday night is raising questions about the lack of COVID-19 restrictions as students head back to school. Saanich police said about 1,000 people, most of…
What you need to know about B.C. wildfires…
The latest on the wildfires: As of Wednesday morning, 8,612 square kilometres of B.C. has burned in 1,551 wildfires. 3,746 properties are covered by evacuation orders and another 11,351 by evacuation alerts. There are 249 active wildfires burning in B.C. Cooler temperatures continue to…
What you need to know about B.C. wildfires…
The latest evacuation orders and alerts: Weekend winds forecast to fan flames Powerful winds are expected to make the wildfire situation in B.C. worse this weekend. Cliff Chapman, director of provincial operations for the B.C. Wildfire…
What you need to know about B.C. wildfires…
The latest evacuation orders and alerts: As temperatures rose to extreme highs on Thursday and the wind began to pick up in parts of the province, aggressive wildfire behaviour was seen on some of B.C.'s…
Who was that masked mandate? N.L. is about…
Mask mandates have applied in indoor spaces, including Metrobus vehicles in the St. John's area. (Paul Daly/Canadian Press) When Newfoundland and Labrador's mask mandate comes off on Tuesday, will all the masks come off, too?…