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Liberal Leader Christy Clark wins government but loses her Vancouver seat
VANCOUVER – B.C. premier-elect Christy Clark pulled off a stunning upset in the provincial election Tuesday, but she sacrificed her own seat to do so. Clark lost her Vancouver-Point Grey riding to New Democrat David Eby, a civil rights lawyer and adjunct law professor at the University of British Columbia, who won by 785 votes.
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Canadian Press NewsAlert: Liberal Christy Clark loses seat but wins election
VANCOUVER – Liberal Leader Christy Clark has lost her seat to New Democrat David Eby, a high-profile civil liberties lawyer. Clark’s party pulled off a stunning election upset, with the Liberals defying pollsters and winning more seats than they had prior to the election. More coming.
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Accused to be charged with murder in Hamilton, Ont., test drive death
HAMILTON – A Toronto man is to be charged this morning with first-degree murder in the death of a southern Ontario father who never returned after taking two men for a test drive. Police made the sad announcement yesterday that the badly burned remains of 32-year-old Tim Bosma had been found in Waterloo Region, about
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Quotes from British Columbia’s provincial election
VANCOUVER – Some quotes from British Columbia’s provincial election: — “Tonight, we have received a mandate from the people of British Columbia, and I say to the citizens of British Columbia: you have humbled us tonight with this opportunity and the tremendous obligation you placed on our shoulders. We will honour what you have bestowed
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How spaceman Hadfield’s sons pushed him to social-media stardom
MONTREAL – Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield may have become a worldwide Internet sensation with his dramatic photos, tweets and musical performances from space. But it took some convincing by his two sons to persuade him of the importance of social media in the first place. His conversion began several years ago — long before Hadfield’s
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Elections BC warns candidates: don’t tweet on election day
VANCOUVER – Candidates in British Columbia’s election could knock on all the doors they wanted to on Monday as voters headed to the polls, but they better not have tweeted about it. Mainstreeting was no problem, so long as no evidence made its way onto Instagram. That is the reality created by the province’s 17-year-old
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Canada’s national lab has new sample of coronavirus, planning studies
TORONTO – Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg has a sample of the new coronavirus that is causing infections in a number of countries, most notably Saudi Arabia. Scientific director Dr. Frank Plummer says the lab obtained the virus from the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Dutch lab was the one that
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No evidence cycle helmet laws reduce head injuries: study
Bicycle helmets may prevent head injuries, but a newly published study has found there’s no evidence that mandatory helmet laws do the same thing. “It is a bit counterintuitive that we don’t see an effect of helmet laws on head injuries,” said University of Toronto researcher Jessica Dennis, whose work was published Tuesday in the
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Buyers and sellers beware with internet classifieds, experts warn
TORONTO – The recent slaying of an Ontario man trying to sell a truck through an online ad is a tragic reminder that no situation is too commonplace to require common sense, experts said Tuesday. The vast majority of transactions arranged through internet classified sites such as Kijiji, Craigslist and eBay are initiated by honest
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Loblaw Companies to sign fire and building safety code in Bangladesh
TORONTO – Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L) says it will sign an accord on fire and building safety in Bangladesh following the collapse of a building in that country that killed more than 1,100 workers. The company had items for its Joe Fresh clothing label made in the building. The Accord on Fire and Building Safety
