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Tentative agreement averts strike by Quebec provincial park employees
MONTREAL - A full-blown strike by employees at Quebec provincial parks that was set to begin today has been averted after the two sides reached an agreement in principle. About 300 workers were a...
Jul 20, 2019
Police lay charges against man accused of forging signature of Oilers superstar
EDMONTON - Police have laid charges against a man accused of forging the signature of Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid on what are believed to be authentic team jerseys, then selling them to score ...
Jul 20, 2019
Air Force will end search for missing Quebec businessman and his son
MONTREAL - The Royal Canadian Air Force says it will spend one final day searching for a missing Quebec businessman and his son before handing the case over to the provincial police. Stephan...
Jul 20, 2019
Woman who got postcard sent in 1993 tracks down sender
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois woman who recently got a 1993 postcard in her mailbox has tracked down the man who sent it to his children more than two decades ago. Kim Draper's story about the myste...
Jul 20, 2019
Fence blocking Signal Hill's famous vista dismantled after outcry
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A widely scorned fence blocking one of Canada's most spectacular vistas - the view of St. John's, N.L., from the Signal Hill historic site - was almost entirely dismantled Thursday ...
Jul 20, 2019
British Open marches on without its star attraction
PORTRUSH, Ireland - Royal Portrush had all of Saturday morning to recover from the reality that Rory McIlroy is no longer part of this British Open. In a second round so packed with emotion that it fe...
Jul 20, 2019
High court won't hear NDP expenses case over mailings, offices
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court may have just killed off the NDP's last legal hope to end a dispute with the House of Commons over payments to political staff, leaving the party's financial pictu...
Jul 20, 2019
'I'm choosing not to be a victim,' Danforth shooting survivor says
TORONTO - Danielle Kane struggled with depression in her 20s and even contemplated suicide. But then she fell in love, enrolled in nursing school and felt she was finally on her way&nbs...
Jul 20, 2019
Trudeau, Tusk take aim at Trump, and fixing WTO at Canada-EU summit
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Council President Donald Tusk ended a summit Thursday that was bathed in the symbolism of solidarity with critical words for U.S. President D...
Jul 20, 2019
Trump blasts 4 congresswomen; crowd roars, 'Send her back!'
GREENVILLE, N.C. - Going after four Democratic congresswomen one by one, a combative President Donald Trump turned his campaign rally into an extended dissection of the liberal views of the women of c...
Jul 20, 2019