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South African plan to allow land expropriation fails to pass

Dec. 7, 2021 at 6:53 pm CST

Johannesburg | Reuters –– A proposal to change South Africa’s constitution to explicitly allow expropriation of land with no compensation failed to win the two-thirds of parliamentary votes that it needed on Tuesday. Lawmakers debated whether to change Section 25 of the constitution to enable authorities to seize land to […]

Spy agency sees ransomware attacks soaring

Dec. 6, 2021 at 4:28 pm CST

By Reuters

How rural growth can widen the cultural divide

Dec. 3, 2021 at 2:18 pm CST

By Alexis Stockford

British Columbia braces for more heavy rain

Nov. 30, 2021 at 9:48 pm CST

By Reuters

Prairie winter weather a sign of La Nina repeat

Nov. 30, 2021 at 9:30 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

B.C. extends fuel restrictions following flooding

Nov. 29, 2021 at 8:00 pm CST

Reuters — Government officials in British Columbia on Monday extended restrictions on the use of fuel by residents, saying it was needed for emergency vehicles as the region recovers from devastating floods. The order, first issued on Nov. 19, limits vehicles deemed “non-essential” by the government to 30 litres of […]

By Reuters

Canada shuts to seven African countries’ travelers

Nov. 26, 2021 at 7:28 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is closing its borders to foreign travelers who have recently been to seven southern African nations to help stop the spread of a newly identified variant of COVID-19, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told reporters Friday. The European Union, the United States and Britain are among […]

By David Ljunggren

Repair work on B.C. rail lines expected for days yet

Nov. 19, 2021 at 7:47 pm CST

Canada’s big two railways expect repair work to continue into at least next week before service can resume through storm-battered areas of British Columbia to export terminals at Vancouver. Both railways, along with several major B.C. highways, have been shut this week due to damage from flooding and landslides spurred […]

By Dave Bedard

GM aims to tackle chip shortage with new designs

Nov. 18, 2021 at 9:23 pm CST

Reuters — General Motors aims to tackle the global semiconductor shortage with new designs built in North America, president Mark Reuss said on Thursday. Reuss told an investor conference GM is working with seven chip suppliers on three new families of microcontrollers that will reduce the number of unique chips […]

By Paul Lienert

Panicked shoppers clear out flood-hit B.C.’s grocery stores

Nov. 18, 2021 at 7:17 pm CST

Reuters — Shoppers in British Columbia have emptied grocery shelves following catastrophic flooding, although the shortages are as much down to panic buying as disrupted supply chains, industry associations said on Thursday. Even as flood waters start to recede, some parts of the province are expected to face to temporary […]

By Nia Williams Rod Nickel