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- B.C. evening weather forecast: January 17by Yvonne Schalle on January 18, 2021 at 3:04 am
The Sunday, January 17, 2021 evening weather forecast for Metro Vancouver and British Columbia.
- WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 – Jan. 17on January 18, 2021 at 2:55 am
Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6.
- Global News Hour at 6: January 17on January 18, 2021 at 2:48 am
Watch the Weekend Global News Hour at 6 with Coleen Christie
Global Canada News
- Canada’s COVID-19 deaths have now surpassed 18,000by David Lao on January 18, 2021 at 2:45 am
By Sunday evening, a total of 149 more people had died after testing positive for the virus, pushing Canada past 18,000 fatalities.
- Edmonton-area ranch offering escape for workers on the front lines of COVID-19 pandemicby Nicole Stillger on January 18, 2021 at 1:30 am
Dreamcatcher Nature-Assisted Therapy is launching a new program for front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Quebec police search for man who went missing on his snowmobile on Lake of Two Mountainsby Alessia Simona Maratta on January 18, 2021 at 12:38 am
Sûreté du Québec (SQ) police are searching for a man, 54, on the Lake of Two Mountains where a snowmobile was found floating in the water.
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There was a time when auto thrill shows drew larger crowds than NASCAR races. Spectators packed rickety wooden grandstands to watch daring young men in spiffy white uniforms do the “slide for life” or the “T-bone crash,” to drive cars on two wheels, or to jump cars or motorcycles from ramp to ramp.
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Global Money News
- Pandemic housing boom means affordability is no longer just a big-city problemby Erica Alini on January 16, 2021 at 1:00 pm
As homebuyers move away from big cities and downtown cores, they're driving double-digit prices increases in the suburbs, smaller cities and lower-cost urban neighbourhoods.
- Canada’s top jobs with the fastest-growing demand in 2021: Randstadby Erica Alini on January 16, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Many job seekers may find opportunities outside the industry they've been working in, Randstad's research suggests.
- Couche-Tard’s dashed French merger won’t end global ambitions of founder Bouchardon January 16, 2021 at 6:20 am
The low-profile Canadian businessman built Couche-Tard from a single store in Quebec in 1980 to a global network of convenience stores and gas stations with a value of $33 billion.
BC Civic Government News
- New Composting Facility for Tla'amin Nation, qathet Regional Districton January 15, 2021 at 4:53 pm
A new organics processing facility will produce Class A compost, support agriculture and food security for the Tla’amin Nation, service the qathet Regional District and Powell River, and provide new jobs and economic opportunities.
- SFU Selected to Establish Low Carbon Cities Canada Innovation Centre for Metro Vancouver Regionon January 13, 2021 at 9:31 pm
The Metro Vancouver LC3 Centre, expected to launch in September 2021, will be a new non-profit entity that will help cities across the region meet their climate action goals. The LC3 Centre will be funded through a $21.7 million endowment from the federal government, which will be used to identify, […]
- City of Langford and Vancouver Island Economic Alliance Partner for Island Goodon January 13, 2021 at 9:26 pm
The City of Langford has partnered with the Vancouver Island Economic Alliance to provide Langford businesses and producers with an opportunity to promote their products by way of a one-year Island Good membership.
CTV Top Stories
- Trump to issue around 100 pardons and commutations Tuesday, CNN sources sayon January 18, 2021 at 3:03 am
U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to issue around 100 pardons and commutations on his final full day in office Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the matter, a major batch of clemency actions that includes white collar criminals, high-profile rappers and others but -- as of now […]
- FBI vetting Guard troops in D.C. amid fears of insider attackon January 18, 2021 at 2:44 am
U.S. defence officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops coming into Washington for the event.
- Heavily fortified statehouses around the U.S. see small protestson January 18, 2021 at 1:24 am
Small groups of right-wing protesters -- some of them carrying rifles -- gathered outside heavily fortified statehouses around the country Sunday, outnumbered by National Guard troops and police brought in to prevent a repeat of the violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol. As darkness fell, there […]
Huffington Post News
- U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden To Rescind Keystone XL Pipeline Permit On Day 1: Transition Documentsby James McCarten / The Canadian Press on January 18, 2021 at 2:13 am
WASHINGTON — One of Joe Biden’s first actions once he becomes U.S. president Wednesday will be to slam the door yet again on Canada’s politically fraught Keystone XL pipeline expansion, transition documents suggest. The documents, seen by The Canadian Press, feature a to-do list for […]
- HuffPost Canada Splash: Jan. 17, 2021by HuffPost Canada Staff on January 18, 2021 at 1:08 am
- Virtual 'Worldwide Prayer Rally' To Be Held For 'Canada's Rabbi'by Joan Bryden / Canadian Press on January 18, 2021 at 12:06 am
OTTAWA, Ill. — For a man who has devoted his life to promoting kindness, a diagnosis of advanced-stage cancer in his pancreas and liver might seem the unkindest cut of all. But Rabbi Reuven Bulka, often dubbed “Canada’s rabbi,” says he has no complaints.“In terms of having complaints to […]
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