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Crews restore power across Quebec after almost one million customers hit by storm
MONTREAL - The number of Quebecers without power following Friday's intense storm dropped steadily throughout the day Saturday, as hundreds of hydro employees worked to repair broken el...
Nov 03, 2019
Flamboyant Puerto Rican astrologer Walter Mercado dies at 88
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Walter Mercado, a flamboyant astrologer and television personality whose daily TV appearances entertained many across Latin America for more than a decade, has died. He was 88....
Nov 03, 2019
Barring inmates access to clean needles unconstitutional, activists to argue
TORONTO - Barring drug-using federal prisoners from access to clean syringes puts them at risk for serious diseases and violates their rights, an Ontario court is set to hear. For two days starting Mo...
Nov 03, 2019
Experts throw cold water on ‘Wexit” efforts
Edmonton, AB - Experts say it's a pipe dream to think oil-producing western provinces would have an easier time getting product to international markets if they were to split from Canada."Wexit" was t...
Nov 03, 2019
'Extremely childlike:' Defence says accused in caseworker death needs assessment
CALGARY - A lawyer for an 18-year-old charged with killing his case worker at an assisted-living home says he doubts the young man is fit to stand trial. Brandon Newman remains in custo...
Nov 03, 2019
Argos GM Clemons: Chamblin's future to be addressed in off-season
TORONTO - Corey Chamblin remains the Toronto Argonauts head coach, at least for now. General manager Mike (Pinball) Clemons said Chamblin's future with the CFL club will be addressed this off-season a...
Nov 03, 2019
Three-year-old boy stabbed in Winnipeg to be taken off life support
WINNIPEG - A three-year-old boy who was stabbed multiple times while he slept in his bed was to be taken off life support on Friday. Roxanne Moar said her nephew Hunter Haze Straight-Smith was to be r...
Nov 03, 2019
President of Cannabis NB says it will take more time to be profitable
FREDERICTON - The new president of Cannabis NB - New Brunswick's Crown-owned cannabis retailer - says it will be next year or more before the operation can be profitable. Patrick Parent says the ...
Nov 03, 2019
Still no power for 168,000 Quebecers as Hydro-Quebec repairs storm damage
MONTREAL - Hydro-Quebec has restored power to 80 per cent of those who lost it during a punishing autumn storm on Friday. However, about 168,000 customers across the province are still without po...
Nov 03, 2019
Alberta separation wouldn't solve problem of landlocked oil: expert
CALGARY - International trade experts say it's a pipe dream to think the landlocked oil-producing western provinces would have an easier time getting their product to international...
Nov 03, 2019