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New co-host Burleson set for 'CBS Mornings' debut next week
Nate Burleson has been doing morning television since 2016, but he is about to become a familiar face to a new audience. Burleson will debut as one of the co-hosts when "CBS Mornings" debuts on Sept. ...
Aug 31, 2021
Finance minister defends government's response to fourth wave of pandemic
The United Conservative government has faced a torrent of criticism in the past three weeks over their silence as the fourth wave of COVID-19 has run through the province.Premier Jason Kenney and Heal...
Aug 31, 2021
Biden praises airlift, defends departure from 'forever war'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Addressing the nation, a defensive President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the U.S. military airlift to extract more than 120,000 Afghans, Americans and other allies to end a 20 year w...
Aug 31, 2021
Montreal to name downtown plaza for jazz great Oscar Peterson
MONTREAL - Following years of public calls to honour one of the most important musicians to come from Montreal, the city announced on Tuesday it will name a downtown plaza after the late jazz legend O...
Aug 31, 2021
Local football player commits to Stanford
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A standout Medicine Hat athlete has just committed to play football at one of the most prestigious universities in the U.S."Stanford is just one of those schools that has it all," E...
Aug 31, 2021
U.S. warning about travel to Canada mainly for benefit of unvaccinated, CDC head says
WASHINGTON - The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. told Americans to "reconsider travel" to Canada mainly for the benefit of those not yet vaccinated against COVID-1...
Aug 31, 2021
New candidates challenge NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in Burnaby South riding
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and his wife decided to hit the campaign trail with a Polaroid camera to capture 36 days on the road when the election was called just a few days after the couple announced th...
Aug 31, 2021
Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching on the campaign trail
OTTAWA - A running list of specific promises announced by the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Green party since the official start of the federal election campaign on Aug. 15. Liberals Aug. 31: Estab...
Aug 31, 2021
Singh to target 'big-money' house-flippers by hiking taxable amount of capital gains
COQUITLAM, B.C. - The NDP leader promised Tuesday to crack down on "big-money" house flippers by increasing the taxable amount of capital gains profits from 50 to 75 per cent. Jagmeet Singh made the a...
Aug 31, 2021
Fortin's lawyers cite Hajdu interview comment in court fight over his firing
OTTAWA - Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's lawyers are citing Health Minister Patty Hajdu's statements during a television interview in May in their fight to prove their client's removal as head of Canada's vac...
Aug 31, 2021