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How Conservative leadership hopefuls would address the WE scandal if they win
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs said Friday their party doesn't want to bring down the government over the latest ethics scandal ensnaring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Current leader Andrew Scheer is in h...
Jul 11, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from the COVID 19 shutdown
Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundla...
Jul 11, 2020
Quebec police continue to search for missing girls, 6 and 11, and their father
SAINT-APOLLINAIRE, Que. - Police are still searching for two Quebec girls and their father in a suburb of Quebec City, after an Amber Alert was issued Thursday. The search for Romy Carpentier, 6, Nora...
Jul 11, 2020
Norwich relegated as EPL remembers Jack Charlton
NORWICH, England - Norwich became the first team to be relegated from the English Premier League on Saturday after Michail Antonio scored four goals for West Ham, which moved much closer to safety wit...
Jul 11, 2020
Mountain View Road to open for residents following debris flood
MCBRIDE - Starting today (July 11) Mountain View Road, about eight kilometres north of McBride, will be open to residents for two hour periods, twice daily - once in the morning from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30...
Jul 11, 2020
B.C. man prepares to be first to receive double-hand transplant in Canada
VANCOUVER - When Rick Thompson's doctor told him a surgical team was going ahead with his double-hand transplant in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, his first reaction was surprise....
Jul 11, 2020
Pedestrian-only downtown a hit with residents as St. John's adapts to pandemic
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The City of St. John's has closed its main downtown street to vehicles this summer, a popular move among residents and business owners. Hundreds of people were out on Water Street i...
Jul 11, 2020
How Conservative leadership hopefuls would address the WE scandal if they win
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs said Friday their party doesn't want to bring down the government over the latest ethics scandal ensnaring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Current leader Andrew Scheer is in h...
Jul 11, 2020
With debt, deficit numbers out, experts say Liberals need plan for growth
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals' fiscal update this week put a cost to all the emergency COVID-19 aid the federal treasury will dole out. It delivered some shocks: a gigantic deficit and a projecti...
Jul 11, 2020
RCMP 'disappointed' by talk that race a factor in quiet Rideau Hall arrest
OTTAWA - The idea that the man accused of crashing into the grounds of Rideau Hall would have been treated differently if he were dark-skinned is disheartening, the RCMP's commissioner and the head of...
Jul 10, 2020