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Civilian employees on Canadian military bases set to protest pay gap
FREDERICTON - Civilian employees on military bases across Canada plan to stage information pickets this week to draw attention to their efforts to close a pay gap. Cathy O'Kane, vice-pr...
Nov 01, 2019
Fajardo, Banks among team nominees for CFL's outstanding player award
TORONTO - The CFL's leading passer and top receiver were unanimous selections for the league's top individual award. Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo and Hamilton Tiger-Cats receiver ...
Nov 01, 2019
Quebec introducing values test for newcomers wanting to move to the province
Quebec is moving ahead with its controversial values test for newcomers wishing to settle in the province but the new requirements are less strict than what was initially proposed. Starting Jan. ...
Nov 01, 2019
Montrealers prepare for late Halloween as much of Canada nurses sugar hangover
MONTREAL - While the rest of Canada wakes up with a sugar junky's remorse this morning, residents of some Quebec communities will only venture out this evening to get their Halloween st...
Nov 01, 2019
Military family matriarch who lost son in Afghanistan named Silver Cross Mother
OTTAWA - The matriarch of a military family whose youngest son was killed 12 years ago in Afghanistan has been named this year's National Silver Cross Mother by the Royal Canadian Legion. Reine S...
Nov 01, 2019
UN confirms Madrid as new location for climate summit
BERLIN - The United Nations global climate meeting next month will take place in Madrid after previous host Chile cancelled at short notice, officials said Friday. U.N. climate chief Patricia Espinosa...
Nov 01, 2019
Metro Vancouver transit workers begin job action; union warns of disruptions
VANCOUVER - Transit workers in Metro Vancouver have begun labour disruptions following the breakdown of contract talks and the union is warning that commuters could feel the effects ve...
Nov 01, 2019
Cut emissions twice as fast, ease worker anxiety, advocates say post-election
OTTAWA - A coalition of climate-change advocates is urging the new Parliament to prevent anxieties in the oilpatch from threatening progress on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Climate...
Nov 01, 2019
Edible cannabis product found among N.S. child's Halloween treats, parent says
COLDBROOK, N.S. - Police in Nova Scotia are investigating after a parent reported finding an edible cannabis product among their child's Halloween candy. RCMP say the parent from Coldbrook, N.S.,...
Nov 01, 2019
Clear regulations on seatbelts needed, report on deadly Hydro One helicopter crash says
TORONTO - Clearer regulations around seatbelts are needed to reduce the risk of death or injury in accidents like a helicopter crash that killed four men nearly two years ago, the federal transpo...
Nov 01, 2019