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Cape Breton man's $17.4-million lottery win his second jackpot in seven years
HALIFAX - A Cape Breton man has struck it rich in the lottery for the second time in seven years. Raymond Lillington and his wife Gaye, of Dingwall, N.S., travelled to Halifax today where they were aw...
Aug 19, 2020
US suspends extradition and tax agreements with Hong Kong
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Wednesday suspended or terminated three bilateral agreements with Hong Kong covering extradition and tax exemptions. The State Department announced it had take...
Aug 19, 2020
Quebec man handed life sentence for killing unborn child, will serve at least 15 years
MONTREAL - A Montreal man who pleaded guilty to stabbing his unborn baby to death will spend at least 15 years in prison before he's eligible for parole. Sofiane Ghazi received his sentence ...
Aug 19, 2020
Wall Street ticks up, adding a bit more to S&P 500's record
NEW YORK - Stocks are ticking higher in midday trading on Wall Street Wednesday, adding a bit more to the S&P 500's record. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% a day after it wiped out the last of its los...
Aug 19, 2020
Now playing at the mall parking lot: movies, drag shows
NEW YORK - Angel Dougherty went to the mall last month - not to shop, but to watch a drive-in drag show in the parking lot. "This year has been so anxiety filled and chaotic, I figured this experience...
Aug 19, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 19
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on Aug. 19, 2020: There are 123,154 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,252 confirmed (including 5,727 deaths, 54,083 res...
Aug 19, 2020
Iran surpasses 20,000 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran surpassed 20,000 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus on Wednesday, the health ministry said - the highest death toll for any Middle East country so far in the pandemic. The annou...
Aug 19, 2020
Hundreds evacuated, thousands on notice as wildfire flares in southern B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. - Hundreds of residents in British Columbia's southern Okanagan are out of their homes and thousands more must be ready to leave on short notice as a nearby wildfire grows in size...
Aug 19, 2020
Hundreds evacuated, thousands on notice as wildfire flares in southern B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. - Hundreds of residents in British Columbia's southern Okanagan are out of their homes and thousands more must be ready to leave on short notice as a nearby wildfire grows in size...
Aug 19, 2020
UNBC Professors participate in collaborative effort to make B.C.'s outdoors more accessible
PRINCE GEORGE-Several UNBC professors have been working to make outdoor spaces across the province more accessible to British Columbians.The research is being supported with a $24,000 Social Sciences ...
Aug 19, 2020