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Trudeau says threat to his safety grows from online polarization and hate
TORONTO - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said the security threat that forced him to wear a bulletproof vest at a Saturday rally is an unfortunate consequence of the polarization of politics in Ca...
Oct 13, 2019

Singh says strategic voting makes people settle for less, counters Liberal push
BURNABY, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is working hard to dissuade Canadians from voting strategically with a message that encourages voters not to settle for less, but instead to "dream b...
Oct 13, 2019

Family Affair: Leafs lick their wounds after 'unacceptable' loss to Lightning
TORONTO - Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock gathered his players at Toronto's practice facility Friday morning. That part shouldn't come as a surprise - teams usually meet before hitting t...
Oct 13, 2019

Climate activist Greta Thunberg tweets that she plans to visit Alberta
EDMONTON - Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has announced that's she's going to Alberta. The 16-year-old tweeted that she'll be heading north following "a few days of well needed rest...
Oct 13, 2019

Shepard Smith leaves Fox News Channel
NEW YORK - Shepard Smith, whose newscast on Fox News Channel seemed increasingly an outlier on an outlet dominated by supporters of President Donald Trump, abruptly quit after signing off his final ne...
Oct 13, 2019

Turkeys avoid dinner plate at Thanksgiving meal in Aldergrove, B.C.
ALDERGROVE, B.C. - Two lucky turkeys are spending Thanksgiving dinner at the table instead of on the table in Aldergrove, B.C. The Happy Herd Farm Sanctuary, a home for abused or at-risk farm animals,...
Oct 13, 2019

California adopts broadest US rules for seizing guns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will make the state the first to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders against ...
Oct 13, 2019

First-ever Turkey Trot takes place at Otway Nordic Skill Club
Thanksgiving is a holiday marked with plenty of tradition, and over the weekend a new tradition began as part of the long weekendThe first-ever Turkey Trot took place Saturday morning out at the Otway...
Oct 13, 2019 (photo credit to Jason Laurie)

Simone Biles sets medal record at gymnastics worlds
STUTTGART, Germany - Simone Biles broke the all-time record for most medals by any gymnast at the world championships by winning the balance beam and floor exercise Sunday. Biles won her 24th medal on...
Oct 13, 2019

'I just knew I was hurt:' Women testify about being hit in Edmonton van attack
EDMONTON - It took more than a week for Kim O'Hara to understand what happened to her. O'Hara, one of four pedestrians struck by a speeding cube van in downtown Edmonton two years ago, testi...
Oct 13, 2019