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CBC | Vancouver Park Board to vote on allowing booze in parks

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A clipping article is for writing practice. Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Edit Edit in Ginger Edit in Ginger × In the article "Vancouver Park Board to vote on allowing booze in parks," CBC News. Plan calls for sections of 10 city parks to be designated as alcohol consumption zones The proposed bylaw amendment would allow drinking within designated areas of 10 Vancouver parks between the hours of 11 a.m. and 9p.m. (Don Pablo/Shutterstock) Vancouver park-goers might soon be able to crack a cold one legally at some city parks if the Vancouver Park Board votes tonight to approve a pilot project. The proposed bylaw amendment would allow drinking within designated areas of 10 Vancouver parks between the hours of 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. In Stanley Park, two small grassy sections close to the Stanley Park Brew Pub and Restaurant are proposed as designated liquor consumption sites. Sections of Vanier
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CBC | Virtual Canada Day citizenship ceremony celebrates nurses, care workers

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A clipping article for writing practice. Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Edit Edit in Ginger Edit in Ginger × In the article "Virtual Canada Day citizenship ceremony celebrates nurses, care workers," Stephanie Levitz. Over 1,000 virtual oath ceremonies have taken place since April 1 Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marco Mendicino, second from top right, leads participants as they raise their hands to swear the oath to become Canadian citizens during a virtual ceremony held over livestream on Canada Day. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press) When Sweeny Karande was in her nursing program in India, her teacher presented her with an ward as the best outgoing student. "This is just the beginning," her teacher said. "You can't stop here." Karande took those words to heart. The next nine years were full of new beginnings as she journeyed from India to Ontario to
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VANCOUVER SUN | Indigo was on track to be profitable. The pandemic changed that

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A clipping article for writing practice. In the article "Indigo was on track to be profitable. The pandemic changed that," Bloomberg News. Indigo PETER J. THOMPSON / NATIONAL POST FILES (Bloomberg) - Indigo Books & Music Inc., Canada's largest chain of bookstores, was on track to return to profitability right up until the pandemic hit. Instead, it reported a C$171 million ($125 million) loss in the fiscal fourth quarter ended in March and expects a "damaging" year ahead, according to Chief Executive Officer Heather Reisman. Indigo was on the road to end the fiscal year with "essentially flat" adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and then "return to profitability," reflecting the Toronto-based retailer's attempts to "position the company to be able to thrive in a vastly changed environment," Reisman said in a conference call with investors and analysts Wednesday morning. And then the enviro
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VANCOUVER SUN | Trump administration says Huawei, Hikvision backed by Chinese military

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A clipping article for writing practice. Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Edit Edit in Ginger Edit in Ginger × In the article "Trump administration says Huawei, Hikvision backed by Chinese military," Reuters. In the file photo taken on August 2, 2019 people walk past a Huawei logo during the Consumer Electronics Expo in Beijing. FRED DUFOUR/ AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has determined that top Chinese firms, including telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies and video surveillance company Hikvision, are owned or controlled by the Chinese military, laying the groundwork for new U.S. financial sanctions, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. A U.S. defense official speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed the authenticity of the document and said it had been sent to Congress. The list of 20 companies that Washington alleges are backed by
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CBC | Peter Mackay campaign dismisses O'Toole team's theft allegation

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A clipping article for writing practice. Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Edit Edit in Ginger Edit in Ginger × In the article "Peter Mackay campaign dismisses O'Toole team's theft allegation," Teresa Wright. O'Toole campaign has accused MacKay camp of stealing confidential data The team behind Conservative leadership candidate Erin O'Toole, left, issued a late-night press release Friday, saying it has filed a formal complaint with three police agencies seeking an investigation into Mackay's campaign. (Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press) Tension between the two perceived front-runners of the Conservative leadership contest reached a fever pitch this weekend with Erin O'Toole's campaign accusing leadership rival Peter MacKay of stealing confidential campaign data- charges MacKay's team is dismissing as a preposterous political ploy. O'Toole's campaign is
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CBC | Voluntary nationwide contact tracing app coming soon, says Trudeau

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A clipping article for writing practice. Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Edit Edit in Ginger Edit in Ginger × In the article "Voluntary nationwide contact tracing app coming soon, says Trudeau," Catharine Tunney. Today's announcement likely to receive scrutiny from privacy advocates A man looks at his phone while standing near artwork of woman wearing a protective face mask in Vancouver on May 31. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today he hopes Canadians will download a new app on their cellphones that will alert them if they've come into contract with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. "It will be up to individual Canadians to decide whether to download the app or not, but the app will be most effective when as many people as possible have it," Trudeau said during his daily briefing this morning. "There are over 30 mill
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CBC | How to become an ally: Educators, community leaders explain ways to stand up to anti-Black racism

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A clipping article for writing practice. Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Edit Edit in Ginger Edit in Ginger × In the article "How to become an ally: Educators, community leaders explain ways to stand up to anti-Black racism," Nadia Jannif. Message of solidarity are being shared by people of all races. But what does being an ally really mean? People gather to protest racism, injustice, and police brutality in Vancouver on June 5. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC) The death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, has led to renewed calls for change, with protests against systemic anti-Black racism now in their third week in the U.S. and around the world. Messages of solidarity are being shared by people of all races, who are standing up to be allies. But what does being an ally mean? According to Handel Kashope Wright with the University of British Columbia's
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