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Gathering of support and reflection at UVic following fatal bus crash
VICTORIA - Students, faculty and staff at the University of Victoria were to gather for an hour of reflection and support Tuesday as they cope with the aftermath of last Friday's bus cr...
Sep 17, 2019
Southern Alberta harvest ahead of last year's pace; crop quality better than five year averages
EDMONTON - Producers in the Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Foremost and Strathmore region are ahead of the rest of the province in terms of harvest. The latest provincial crop report puts harvest progress ...
Sep 17, 2019 CHATNEWSTODAY file
Talks set to carry on but no deal yet in UAW strike vs GM
DETROIT - Talks are set to resume Tuesday after a pause overnight, but there was no end to the strike against General Motors. Brian Rothenberg, spokesman for the UAW, said Tuesday "They are talking, t...
Sep 17, 2019
Celebs to read bedtime story to help fight homelessness
LOS ANGELES - Will Smith and Dame Helen Mirren will read a bedtime story during a one-night fundraising event to help fight global homelessness. Smith and Mirren will each tell their story from differ...
Sep 17, 2019
Weinstein attorney: He's a sinner, but not 'a rapist'
NEW YORK - An attorney for Harvey Weinstein said on Tuesday that her client is not without sin - but he's also not "a rapist." Donna Rotunno, speaking on "CBS This Morning," said she feels strongly th...
Sep 17, 2019
Council laments loss of gas wells while mayor remains silent
Medicine Hat, AB - The city expects to be able to take a substantial bite out its estimated $300 million in environmental liabilities connected to oil and gas development, council heard on Monday nigh...
Sep 17, 2019 Photo courtesy of Colton McKee - City energy commissioner Brad Maynes briefs council on the plan to shutter 2,000 gas wells during Monday's council meeting.
Children's advocates from across Canada releasing research on youth suicide
WINNIPEG - Children's advocates from across the country are to release research today on youth suicide. The Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates is calling on all levels of governme...
Sep 17, 2019
Renzi splits Italy's Democrats, shaking govt coalition
ROME - Former Italian Premier Matteo Renzi has left the ruling Democratic Party to set up a new centrist force, in a risky move that further weakens the already shaky government forged only two weeks ...
Sep 17, 2019
Fewer trees, higher costs blamed for devastating downturn in B.C. forestry
VANCOUVER - High log prices and dwindling timber supply are driving the crisis in British Columbia's forestry industry that has devastated communities and kneecapped the provincial economy, observers ...
Sep 17, 2019
Bombing hits Afghan president's rally in northern province
KABUL - Afghan officials say a sticky bomb attached to a police vehicle went off near a campaign rally by President Ashraf Ghani in the country's northern Parwan province. There was no immediate word ...
Sep 17, 2019