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Tories and Liberals campaign in southeastern New Brunswick today
FREDERICTON - Three of New Brunswick's party leaders will be campaigning today in southeastern New Brunswick. Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs will stop in Sussex before travelling to Monc...
Sep 01, 2020

Canadians don't know much about Erin O'Toole but poll finds openness to him
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests most Canadians know very little about new Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole but his personal qualities and policy positions could eventually give his party a boost. Fu...
Sep 01, 2020

Russia's virus cases exceed 1 million, globally 4th highest
MOSCOW - Russia's tally of confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 1 million on Tuesday as authorities reported 4,729 new cases. With a total of 1,000,048 reported cases, Russia has the fourth largest c...
Sep 01, 2020

Avs ride 5-goal 1st period to 6-3 win over Stars in Game 5
EDMONTON - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare began a five-goal scoring spree in the first period and the Colorado Avalanche avoided second-round elimination with a 6-3 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 5 o...
Aug 31, 2020

Lightning beat Bruins in double overtime to take series in five games
TORONTO - The Tampa Bay Lighting can book their flight to Edmonton. Victor Hedman's shot at 14:10 of the second overtime went in off teammate Patrick Maroon as the Lightning defeated the Boston B...
Aug 31, 2020

Project overruns "concerning"
PRINCE GEORGE - "I'm wondering how we got it so wrong." Those were the words from Councillor Brian Skakun upon seeing the list of the top ten capital projects in the 2019 annual report.Specifically, h...
Aug 31, 2020

Ad criticized by teachers meant to allay anxiety: B.C.'s public health officer
VICTORIA - The provincial health officer says a back-to-school ad being criticized by the B.C. Teachers' Federation as unrealistic wasn't meant to be a commercial about what classrooms would look...
Aug 31, 2020

Ad criticized by teachers meant to allay anxiety: B.C.'s public health officer
VICTORIA - The provincial health officer says a back-to-school ad being criticized by the B.C. Teachers' Federation as unrealistic wasn't meant to be a commercial about what classrooms would look...
Aug 31, 2020

B.C. sees 294 cases of COVID-19 over weekend, four additional deaths
VICTORIA - Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is urging people to take control of the latest rise in cases of COVID-19 in B.C. by going back to the basics on their personal safety plans. ...
Aug 31, 2020

Three Greens in leadership race to replace former leader Andrew Weaver Sept. 14
VICTORIA - Andrew Weaver casts a long shadow over British Columbia's Green party and the candidates running to replace the former leader credit him for the party's recent political success in the prov...
Aug 31, 2020