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Scheer's same-sex marriage comments return to the fore amid Trudeau scandal
SAINT-HYACINTHE, Que. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's own past comments returned to the fore Thursday as his main rival for the country's top political office admitted to repeatedly donning raci...
Sep 21, 2019
Bandits battle back to beat Drumheller 5-4 in home opener overtime thriller
BROOKS, AB - Brayden Krieger (Elora, ON) fired home a breakaway shot 12 seconds into the extra frame, as the Brooks Bandits (3-0) continued their undefeated start to the 2019-20 season with a 5-4 over...
Sep 21, 2019 Photo courtesy of Brooks Bandits
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says she is being treated for cancer
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Thursday that she will receive radiation treatments for a cancerous spot on her lung. The 74-year-old Republican governor said the spot was discovere...
Sep 21, 2019
'Really sad:' B.C. Liberal candidate's campaign sign vandalized with blackface
KELOWNA, B.C. - A Liberal candidate in British Columbia says some of his campaign signs have been vandalized with black colouring on his face. Stephen Fuhr, who is running for re-election in...
Sep 21, 2019
Residents in Trudeau's Montreal riding unfazed by blackface scandal
MONTREAL - Residents of Justin Trudeau's home riding rallied behind the Liberal leader on Thursday as he struggled to deal with the fallout from old photos showing him in skin-darkening...
Sep 21, 2019
Hurricane rips roofs, cuts power in Bermuda, but no deaths
MIAMI - Hurricane Humberto blew off rooftops, toppled trees and knocked out power as it blew past the British Atlantic island of Bermuda. But officials said Thursday that the Category 3 storm caused n...
Sep 21, 2019
2 dead as Imelda strands drivers, floods homes in Texas
CHINA, Texas - The slow-churning remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda flooded parts of Texas on Thursday, leaving at least two people dead and rescue crews with boats scrambling to reach stranded drivers...
Sep 21, 2019
Police Point Park celebrating World Rivers Day
Medicine Hat, AB - The Police Point Park Interpretive Centre is hosting an evening walk and campfire this Sunday to celebrate World Rivers Day and the re-opening of the west access trail. World Rivers...
Sep 21, 2019
Indigenous candidates 'hurt,' 'frustrated' by Trudeau blackface photos
Indigenous candidates and community leaders expressed shock, pain and frustration Thursday after multiple photographs surfaced of Justin Trudeau made up in brownface and blackface.Several federal elec...
Sep 21, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Indigenous candidates 'hurt,' 'frustrated' by Trudeau blackface photos
VANCOUVER - Indigenous candidates and community leaders expressed shock, pain and frustration Thursday after multiple photographs surfaced of Justin Trudeau made up in brownface and blackfac...
Sep 21, 2019