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Riding snapshot: A look at the race in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek
Hamilton East-Stoney Creek This Hamilton-area riding will elect a new face on Sept. 20 as Liberal Bob Bratina isn't running again. Bratina said he wasn't seeking re-election largely because of his opp...
Aug 24, 2021
Crews fighting wildfires in B.C. aided by cooler and unseasonably low temperatures
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says cooler and below seasonal average temperatures have helped crews fight the blazes. Fire information officer Taylor Colman says crews are seeing between three a...
Aug 24, 2021
Crews fighting wildfires in B.C. aided by cooler and unseasonably low temperatures
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says cooler and below seasonal average temperatures have helped crews fight the blazes. Fire information officer Taylor Colman says crews are seeing between three a...
Aug 24, 2021
Nanaimo RCMP investigating 'serious assault' in downtown from July
NANAIMO - Local police are looking for leads in relation to what they label a "possible serious assault."Emergency services were called to the corner of Terminal Ave. and Wentworth St., near Comox Rd....
Aug 24, 2021
Arbuckle, Fajardo and Ellingson named CFL top performers for Week 3
Toronto quarterback Nick Arbuckle, Saskatchewan quarterback Cody Fajardo and Edmonton receiver Greg Ellingson have been named the top performers for Week 3 of the CFL season. Arbuckle completed 23-of-...
Aug 24, 2021
Business groups in New Brunswick issue federal election priorities for candidates
DIEPPE, N.B. - An alliance of New Brunswick business groups is releasing a set of policy priorities it hopes political parties will take up during the federal election campaign. New Brunswick Business...
Aug 24, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak grows in N.W.T., military and Red Cross nurses deployed
YELLOWKNIFE - A COVID-19 outbreak in the Northwest Territories has grown to 219 cases. There are 190 cases in the Sahtu region in the territory's northwest, including 74 cases in Colville Lake and 84 ...
Aug 24, 2021
Paralympians thrilled to return to sport after concerns Games wouldn't happen
After a year's postponement, and major uncertainty about whether they'd get off the ground at all, the Tokyo Paralympics opened on Tuesday amid a barrage of fireworks and almost audible sigh of relief...
Aug 24, 2021
O'Toole makes pitch to seniors on pensions while calling out 'corporate elites'
OTTAWA - A day after throwing a line to private-sector union workers, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is digging in against what the party calls "corporate elites" in a pitch to Canadian seniors and ...
Aug 24, 2021
Trudeau mum on U.S. deadline to leave Kabul by Aug. 31 as he meets with G7 leaders
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is playing his cards close to his chest on whether he wants the G7 to push for an extension of the American military commitment to Afghanistan. Trudeau is attend...
Aug 24, 2021
