WorldJan 29, 2020
Airlines suspend China flights, cut service on virus fears
British Airways and Asian budget carriers Lion Air and Seoul Air are suspending flights to China as fears spread about the outbreak of a new virus that has killed more than 130 people.Several other airlines including Finnair, Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific and Singapore-based Jetstar Asia are reducing the number of flights to the country as demand for travel drops because of the outbreak.British Airways said Wednesday it is immediately suspending all flights to and from mainland China after the U.K. government warned against unnecessary travel to the country amid a virus outbreak.The airline
CanadaJan 29, 2020
New Brunswick’s John Williamson considering Tory leadership
New Brunswick MP John Williamson is exploring a bid for leadership of the federal Conservatives, he said Wednesday. Williamson's announcement emerged as many Tories are grappling with whom to support in the contest now that some high-powered candidates have left the field, including former interim leader Rona Ambrose and longtime Tory MP Pierre Poilievre. "The race is wide open and there is room, I believe, for a movement Conservative candidate and those are the waters that I'm testing right now," he said.Former Conservative cabinet ministers Peter MacKay and Erin O'Toole are the only declare
InternationalJan 29, 2020
Deaths rise to 132 in China outbreak as foreigners leave
Countries began evacuating their citizens from the Chinese city hardest-hit by an outbreak of a new virus that has killed 132 people and infected more than 6,000 on the mainland and abroad. China's latest figures add 26 to the number of deaths, while its 5,974 cases are a rise of 1,459 from the previous day. A plane carrying Americans out of Wuhan left for Alaska, where they will be rescreened for the virus. Hospitals are prepared to treat or quarantine anyone infected. A Japanese chartered flight carrying 206 evacuees from Wuhan landed in Tokyo.
BCJan 28, 2020
BC: Province confirms the acquisition of two more school sites
Surrey families and future residents will benefit as the Province confirms the acquisition of two more school sites.
Securing the sites will help with future planning, so schools can be built more quickly.
"Our government is acting now to make sure land is in place to build new schools for students, as Surrey's population continues to grow," said Rob Fleming, Minister of Education.
"These are forward-thinking investments that will be vital to getting more students out of portables and into the positive, engaging and inspiring classrooms that they deserve."
The Government of B.C. is provid
CanadaJan 28, 2020
Calgary man found guilty of brutal 2017 sexual assault that lasted 11hours
A Calgary man has been convicted of the brutal sexual assault of a woman he met on an internet dating website. Vasilios Georgopoulos was found guilty Tuesday for the 2017 attack that lasted 11 hours and saw the woman physically and sexually assaulted, burned and prevented from leaving a hotel room. He was found guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, unlawful confinement and uttering threats. The woman escaped when Georgopoulos stepped away for a short time and she was able to run to the front lobby and asked the clerk to call a cab. She told her family what had h
IndiaJan 28, 2020
India: Woman throws acid on man in UP's Unnao
A woman has allegedly thrown acid on a man in Bhawani Ganj under Maurawan Police Station area here. The incident took place in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. The man and the woman, both in their 20s, were neighbours. Vinod Kumar Pandey, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Unnao said, "We have come to know that they are neighbours and had been in contact with each other for several months. The man has been sent to a hospital while the woman is being questioned." Investigation in the case is underway, Pandey said.
BCJan 28, 2020
BC coroner recommends safety improvements after review of party bus death
The coroner's service is calling on the B.C. government to improve the oversight of commercial vehicles after reviewing the death of a young woman who fell from a party bus in Vancouver. 23 year old Chelsea James died on Jan. 9, 2016, after she fell against the vehicle's passenger door and it opened suddenly, causing her to tumble onto the street where she was struck by its rear tires. Coroner Cynthia Hogan says in her report released Tuesday that the bus had a long history of door malfunctions and was issued with multiple repair orders, but a provincial oversight agency allowed it to keep op
BCJan 28, 2020
Police probe homicide of 24-year-old soccer player in Maple Ridge
Police are asking the public to help further their investigation into the homicide of a 24-year-old man from Coquitlam, B.C., who is being described as a talented soccer player. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the body of Edi Bogere-Nyigwo was found on a vacant forested property on Jan. 11 in Maple Ridge. Police say he was last seen leaving his Coquitlam home at 7 p.m. on Dec. 27. Investigators say they're working to determine a motive and want those who knew Bogere-Nyigwo to come forward, adding there's nothing to suggest his killing was linked to a gang conflict. Sgt. Frank
BCJan 28, 2020
Surrey: Private instructor charged with sexual interference of two students
The RCMP say a private instructor has been charged with sexual interference after allegedly abusing two former students in Surrey, B.C. The Special Victims Unit says investigators believe there may be more alleged victims in the community and are encouraging anyone with more information to come forward. The Mounties say the investigation began last July when they received a report of sexual interference involving two victims who were youths when the incidents allegedly took place between 2010 and 2012. The incidents are alleged to have occurred at a private home in the Newton neighbourhood wh
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