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On The Island7:32Texas nurse wants to move to Nanaimo BC is streamlining the process for US nurses to come work in BC. We hear from Rachael Smith-Taylor, who works as a registered nurse in Belton, Texas, but wants to move to Nanaimo. A Texas-based nurse is hoping to relocate permanentlyContinue Reading
British Columbia The Sun Peaks ski resort near Kamloops is adopting European “snow blankets” to preserve its winter season during warmer summer months amid climate change. Sun Peaks adopts European ‘snow blankets’ to preserve season amid climate change Duncan Currie, operations director for Sun Peaks ski resort in Kamloops, B.C.,Continue Reading
Business Drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals says it will comply with privacy policies regarding the use of customer data. 23andMe’s bankruptcy filings had drawn scrutiny from lawmakers who warned that millions of customers’ genetic data could be sold to unscrupulous buyers. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals says it will comply with 23andMe’s privacy policies regarding customer dataThomsonContinue Reading
Israel says it will allow ‘basic’ amount of food into Gaza amid new ground assault Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel would control the whole of Gaza, despite mounting international pressure that forced it to lift a nearly three-month blockade on aid supplies that left the enclaveContinue Reading
World Spain’s consumer rights ministry said on Monday it had ordered Airbnb to withdraw more than 65,000 listings for holiday rentals from its platform, saying they violated existing rules. Authorities blame Airbnb for exacerbating housing shortages and pushing up real estate pricesThomson Reuters · Posted: May 19, 2025 8:05 AM EDTContinue Reading
World Polish liberals performed worse than expected in a presidential election on Sunday, exit polls showed, as Rafal Trzaskowski from ruling centrists Civic Coalition scraped to victory setting up a close fight for Warsaw’s pro-European path. Data shows Trzaskowski and Nawrocki being well ahead of other candidatesThomson Reuters · Posted:Continue Reading
Two MPPs have put forward the idea of creating a “foodbelt” in Ontario to protect farmland and help tariff-proof the agricultural sector in the province. The idea proposed by Guelph MPP and Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner and independent MPP Bobbi Ann Brady, who represents Haldimand-Norfolk, this weekContinue Reading
London The clinical trial for the potential vaccine, VLA15, began in August 2022. Stage 3 trials got underway in late 2023, involving more than 9,000 participants from areas of Canada, Europe, and the U.S. where the disease is endemic. Biotech firms Pfizer and Valneva expect Stage 3 trials to wrap upContinue Reading
Nahil Sadaqa loves soccer — and one of his favourite teams helps him connect with his Palestinian identity. This club plays in Palestinian colours, its fans wave Palestinian flags, its sponsors include the Bank of Palestine and its jerseys have images of the keffiyeh and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. But the team isn’tContinue Reading
Montreal To the untrained eye, the crustacean may not look all that different, but fishmonger Yvon Jalbert had never seen an orange lobster in his 40-year career until last week. Orange lobster discovered off the coast of Gaspé, Que. Rachel Watts · CBC News · Posted: May 19, 2025 4:00Continue Reading
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