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Crews begin building stairs to base of popular Ammonite Falls
NANAIMO - A timeline is in place to reverse the tradition of having to rely on an unauthorized rope to scale down the embankment to enjoy Ammonite Falls.Crews are scheduled to start phase two of upgra...
Sep 14, 2021
Putin to self-isolate due to coronavirus among inner circle
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is going into self-isolation because of coronavirus cases in his inner circle, the Kremlin said Tuesday. The announcement came in the Kremlin's readout o...
Sep 14, 2021
Liberals, Tories in deadlock; Linda O'Leary verdict expected: In The News for Sept 14
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 14... What we are watching in Canada ......
Sep 14, 2021
Verdict expected today in trial of Linda O'Leary, accused in fatal boat crash
A verdict is expected today in the trial of Linda O'Leary, charged in a boat crash that killed two people in central Ontario two years ago. O'Leary, the wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary, ha...
Sep 14, 2021
Justin Trudeau, Erin O'Toole tied as election campaign hits final bend
OTTAWA - A new poll shows a complete deadlock between Justin Trudeau's Liberals and Erin O'Toole's Conservatives with less than one week left in the federal election. The poll conducted by Leger in co...
Sep 14, 2021
Turnout, strategic voting likely to decide election as Grits, Tories tied: pollster
OTTAWA - TUESDAY PRELEDE. WAITING FOR PHOTO. The 2021 federal election is likely going to be decided by turnout and strategic voting, Leger executive vice-president Christian Bourque says as his firm'...
Sep 14, 2021
Fungus that's killed millions of bats found for the first time in Saskatchewan
A fungus that is destroying bat populations in eastern North America has made its first appearance on the Canadian Prairies. Researchers with the Wildlife Conservation Society report that they've foun...
Sep 14, 2021
Justin Trudeau, Erin O'Toole tied as election campaign hits final bend
OTTAWA - A new poll shows a complete deadlock between Justin Trudeau's Liberals and Erin O'Toole's Conservatives with less than one week left in the federal election. The poll conducted by Leger in co...
Sep 14, 2021
New mom awaits employment-insurance benefits fix delayed by campaign
OTTAWA - Amanda Elkington had a roller-coaster ride of a pregnancy through two school shutdowns in Ontario as the province grappled with the second and third waves of COVID-19. Each time, the child-ca...
Sep 14, 2021
EXPLAINER: How California could recall Gov. Gavin Newsom
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The California recall election that could remove first-term Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office wraps up Tuesday. Nearly 8 million mail-in ballots - the form of voting most Cal...
Sep 13, 2021
