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Doug Ford offers to host premiers' meeting to discuss national unity
TORONTO - National unity was top of mind for Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday as he offered to host a meeting of provincial leaders to address what he called Western Canada's al...
Nov 06, 2019
Tribute to late singer David Cassidy planned in Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Two years after the death of former teen idol David Cassidy, the new owners of his Fort Lauderdale home plan to post a plaque honouring him. Thomas L. White, who co-own the hom...
Nov 06, 2019
Medicine Hat Police warn about scams
Medicine Hat, AB-- Medicine Hat Police are issuing a warning about a couple of scams circulating in our city. The service has received numerous complaints over the past several days from people report...
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Quebec renames hydroelectric installations after late premier, Bernard Landry
MONTREAL - A hydroelectric project in far northern Quebec has been renamed after a former premier described Monday as courageous, visionary and compassionate, and whose personal relatio...
Nov 06, 2019
Nunavut government services affected by weekend ransomware attack
IQALUIT, Nunavut - First, someone using a government of Nunavut computer clicked on a link they shouldn't have. Next, there was a message saying: "If you want your data back, then please contact ...
Nov 06, 2019
Officer says she noticed nothing unusual with man who died in Halifax jail cell
HALIFAX - A special constable facing criminal charges in an inmate's death testified she didn't notice anything unusual about the prisoner as she checked on him in his cell. Const. Cheryl Gardner says...
Nov 06, 2019
Second World War medals donated to Goodwill returned to soldier's family
CALGARY - Second World War medals discovered in a Calgary thrift store's donation pile have been returned to a fallen soldier's family. The Goodwill shop's manager had said she&nbs...
Nov 06, 2019
Remembrance Way to honour lives lost in Gander during peacekeeping, wartime
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway just east of Gander, N.L., passes two sites that speak to the town's outsized role in the history of war, peacekeeping and their acco...
Nov 06, 2019
Gabbard says she won't mount 3rd-party 2020 presidential bid
WASHINGTON - Longshot presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard says she will not launch a third-party bid for the White House if she fails to secure the Democratic nomination. For weeks questions have swirl...
Nov 06, 2019
Gilbert Rozon renounces right to preliminary hearing in sexual assault case
MONTREAL - The Crown says Quebec entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon has renounced his right to a preliminary hearing and has been ordered to stand trial in a sexual assault case. Rozon, a fou...
Nov 06, 2019