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'Programming error' results in accidental sale on Quebec liquor products
MONTREAL - The provincial Crown corporation in charge of liquor sales in Quebec says a computer issue resulted in all its products being temporarily listed at 30 per cent off on its website. Socit des...
Sep 29, 2024
Habs defenceman Xhekaj fined for unsportsmanlike conduct against Toronto forward Paré
NEW YORK - The NHL has fined Canadiens defenceman Arber Xhekaj US$3,385.42 for unsportsmanlike conduct against Toronto forward Cdric Par during a pre-season game Saturday in Montreal. The amount is th...
Sep 29, 2024
Supplies, emergency workers rushed to North Carolina while Florida digs out from Helene's damage
PERRY, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Roy Cooper says death toll of 11 in North Carolina is expected to rise from Hurricane Helene. "This is an unprecedented tragedy that requires an unprecedented response," Cooper...
Sep 29, 2024
Projection shows far-right Freedom Party leading over governing conservatives in Austrian election
VIENNA (AP) - A projection indicated that the far-right Freedom Party had a lead over the governing conservatives in Austria's national election on Sunday and was well-placed for its first win in a pa...
Sep 29, 2024
Rustad wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. Chief sees that as 40-year setback
British Columbia saw a rare unanimous vote in its legislature in October 2019, when members passed a law adopting the United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, setting out stand...
Sep 29, 2024
Scott Moe: the conservative who began as a left-winger with a lights-out hockey shot
SHELLBROOK, Sask. - Scott Moe is the conservative premier who began life as a left-winger with a shot so hard, it was lights out - literally. On this recent fall day, Moe stands among the seats at his...
Sep 29, 2024
Carla Beck: Social worker, school trustee seeking job as next Saskatchewan premier
LANG, SASK. - Carla Beck steps out of her SUV with her two dogs and starts walking beside a lake near her hometown, the spot where she learned to feed cows, swing a bat and not keep her mouth shut. Re...
Sep 29, 2024
Carla Beck: Social worker, school trustee seeking job as next Saskatchewan premier
LANG, SASK. - Carla Beck steps out of her SUV with her two dogs and starts walking beside a lake near her hometown, the spot where she learned to feed cows, swing a bat and not keep her mouth shut. Re...
Sep 29, 2024
Bloc pension demands at odds with Liberal political strategy, economic plans
OTTAWA - The government has just weeks to decide if it will meet the $16-billion demand from the Bloc Qubcois to stave off an election for a few more months, but the stipulation may be at odds with th...
Sep 29, 2024
Pope wraps troubled visit to Belgium by praising courage of victims, demanding abusers be judged
BRUSSELS (AP) - Pope Francis demanded Sunday that priestly sexual abusers be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes as he ended a troubled visit to Belgium by praising the courage of s...
Sep 29, 2024