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High-flying oil and gas prices paint a rosier shade of red ink on Alberta budget
EDMONTON - Alberta's budget outlook for this year is turning a rosier shade of red ink, with jobs up, the deficit down and oil and gas prices humming along at unexpectedly high levels.Finance Minister...
Nov 30, 2021
Sources: Dr. Oz plans to run for Senate seat in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of TV's Dr. Oz Show, is planning to run for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat as a Republican, according to ...
Nov 30, 2021
Glover defends claim of voting irregularities in Manitoba Tory leadership challenge
WINNIPEG - Shelly Glover says she believes a spreadsheet her campaign team received before Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson was named winner of the Progressive Conservative leadership vote is correc...
Nov 30, 2021
South African envoy calls on Canada to support waiver on COVID-19 vaccines
OTTAWA - South Africa's envoy in Ottawa is calling on Canada to support a waiver on patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines as her country copes with the fallout of its discovery of the new Omicron v...
Nov 30, 2021
Montreal-area city revives plan to kill majority of deer herd in local park
LONGUEUIL, Que. - A city south of Montreal has revived a controversial plan to kill most of the deer living in a local park, about a year after it backed off from a similar initiative because of publi...
Nov 30, 2021
Tennis star Bianca Andreescu pens kids' book about tennis, meditation
TORONTO - Tennis star Bianca Andreescu has penned a children's book about tennis, meditation and perseverance. Andreescu says she wanted to create a story that can help kids support their mental healt...
Nov 30, 2021
Oilers cancel practice after defenceman Cody Ceci placed in COVID protocol
Edmonton Oilers defenceman Cody Ceci has been placed in COVID-19 protocol. The team said it cancelled practice Tuesday for "precautionary reasons." Edmonton has also placed veteran defenceman Duncan K...
Nov 30, 2021
NYC OKs safe sites for drug use, aiming to curb overdoses
NEW YORK (AP) - The first officially authorized safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics have been cleared to open in New York City in hopes of curbing overdoses, the mayor and health ...
Nov 30, 2021
Study suggests Arctic to see more rain than snow earlier than expected
New research suggests rainfall will soon be more common in the Arctic than snowfall. A study led by researchers from the University of Manitoba, published today in the journal Nature Communications,sa...
Nov 30, 2021
Vancouver Whitecaps agree to two-year deal with head coach Vanni Sartini
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are sticking with Vanni Sartini, removing the interim tag the head coach held while leading the club through a big late-season comeback. The 'Caps announced the new...
Nov 30, 2021