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Fighting for relevance and survival, Parti Quebecois to elect new leader Friday
MONTREAL - A comedian, a historian, a lawyer and an establishment politician are all vying to lead the Parti Quebecois, the once-mighty political party whose purpose and future are today being openly ...
Oct 08, 2020
MD of Taber to receive $13M for flood mitigation projects
The Municipal District of Taber is in line for nearly $13 million to improve the Horsefly Regional Emergency Spillway to protect the region against overland flooding.Officials say upgrades to the Hors...
Oct 08, 2020
COVID-19 numbers continue to surge in Ontario, Quebec ahead of Thanksgiving weekend
Canada's largest province is reporting the most new cases of COVID-19 it's had in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic. Ontario has announced 797 new cases of the virus, and Health Ministe...
Oct 08, 2020
Nova Scotia mass shooting: law firm gathering evidence for two class-action lawsuits
HALIFAX - A law firm that represents the families of victims of the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia has hired a criminal investigation firm as it prepares two potential class-action lawsuits. Halif...
Oct 08, 2020
Pandemic keeps Canadian luge team at home to start season
CALGARY - The Canadian luge team will stay home and skip the first portion of the World Cup season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. World Cup races open Nov. 24 in Austria, but Canada will not compet...
Oct 08, 2020
On edge of 72, Stevie Nicks just wants to sing a song live
NEW YORK - It's Saturday at 9:30 p.m. and Stevie Nicks is singing on the phone. The rock icon is at her Los Angeles home, where she's been cooped up since December after wrapping the "An Evening with ...
Oct 08, 2020
Gov. Charlie Baker to be honoured with bobblehead doll
BOSTON - Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is getting the bobblehead treatment for his response to the coronavirus pandemic. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday unv...
Oct 08, 2020
New Agroecology program announced for Medicine Hat College
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A new program at Medicine Hat College will put students on the path to a career in sustainable agriculture.The college says the Agroecology Technician diploma program provides stude...
Oct 08, 2020
Feds double COVID-19 fund for abused women to $100 million
OTTAWA - Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef says the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the conditions that make women, children and gender-diverse people vulnerable to violence. She says that's wh...
Oct 08, 2020
Taliban cheer Trump tweet promising early troop withdrawal
ISLAMABAD - The Afghan Taliban on Thursday welcomed a tweet from President Donald Trump in which he promised to have the last of U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Christmas - or at least by the end of...
Oct 08, 2020