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Supporters of northern B.C. pipeline protest end blockade at ferry terminal
VICTORIA - BC Ferries says demonstrators opposed to a liquefied natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia ended a protest today that tied up traffic at a terminal ...
Jan 20, 2020
Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley to have ankle surgery, could be out 4 months
Toronto FC training camp opened with a bang Monday with the news that captain Michael Bradley is scheduled to undergo ankle surgery and could be out for four months or more. Adding to the un...
Jan 20, 2020
Richard T. Lee makes British Open, joining fellow Canadians Conners and Hadwin
SINGAPORE - Toronto's Richard T. Lee is the third Canadian to qualify for this year's British Open, one of golf's most prestigious events. Lee qualified after shooting a 1-over 71 on Sunday to finish ...
Jan 20, 2020
Province announces "outcomes-based" funding model for post-secondary education
CALGARY, AB - The way that Alberta's colleges, universities, and other post-secondary institutions are funded is about to change.Minister of Advanced Education Demetrios Nicolaides declared Monday tha...
Jan 20, 2020 Minister of Advanced Education Demetrios Nicolaides. (Supplied by Government of Alberta)
Tax revolt? Unpaid taxes from energy companies to Alberta towns more than double
Alberta's rural municipalities say the amount of unpaid property taxes they're owed by oil and gas companies has more than doubled over the past year. The association says they are owed a total of $17...
Jan 20, 2020
Former Montreal mayor can keep $268K severance despite fraud conviction: judge
MONTREAL - A court has ruled that disgraced former Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum can keep the $268,000 he received from the city after resigning from office, despite a conv...
Jan 20, 2020
Prince wrongful death case dismissed; estate case continues
MINNEAPOLIS - A wrongful death lawsuit filed by Prince's family members has been quietly dismissed in recent months, suggesting family members have reached settlements with defendants including the Mi...
Jan 20, 2020
Film probes radical black-Latino-poor white 1960s alliance
Civil rights activists were still mourning the 1968 assassinations of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy. Richard Nixon was president, the Vietnam War hadn't ended, and urban racial tensi...
Jan 20, 2020
Rejected residential school claim 'appalling,' highlights pattern, says NDP MP
OTTAWA - A woman who alleges she was raped at age 15 while being transported to a residential school has had her settlement claim rejected a fourth time - a case New Democrat MP Charlie Angu...
Jan 20, 2020
Mad Hatter & Happy Hatter - January 20
Happy HatterSo glad that someone pointed out the "oil wife" (who is married to oil?) complaining that working women like nurses and teachers are overpaid. Are they really so much better off being stay...
Jan 20, 2020