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Legault tells companies to increase wages if they want to find workers
QUEBEC - Restaurant owners and other employers having trouble finding workers need to pay higher wages if they expect to fill those jobs, Premier Francois Legault said Wednesday in response ...
Aug 16, 2019
Nick Arbuckle set to start at quarterback for Calgary Stampeders
CALGARY - Nick Arbuckle will start at quarterback, while Bo Levi Mitchell is slated to remain out when the Calgary Stampeders host the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday. Arbuckle was only a partial parti...
Aug 16, 2019
US recession fears stalk markets as stocks fall again
LONDON - Global stock markets fell sharply again Thursday after Wall Street endured its worst day of the year as recession fears in the U.S. and around the world escalated. Investors across financial ...
Aug 16, 2019
Zac Brown loses bid to limit public access to Alaska home
KENAI, Alaska - Country musician Zac Brown has lost a bid to limit snoopers on his private property in Alaska, the latest case where the desires of the wealthy or celebrity for privacy have been at od...
Aug 16, 2019
Parade to temporarily close highway through Hixon
HIXON, B.C. - Motorists beware: a special event will close Highway 97 through Hixon tomorrow (Aug.17) morning.According to Drive BC, the Hixon Parade will close the highway from about 10 a.m. to 10:30...
Aug 16, 2019 Courtesy Google
Canada's Minister of Sport Kirsty Duncan: More anti-abuse work to be done
TORONTO - Kirsty Duncan knows there's still work to be done. Canada's Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities has made ending abuse and harassment in sport her priority since taking over the p...
Aug 16, 2019
Court rejects German girl's bid to join all-boys choir
BERLIN - A court in Germany has rejected a 9-year-old girl's bid to join a centuries-old Berlin boys choir. In its ruling Friday, the Berlin administrative court said the choir's right to choose its s...
Aug 16, 2019
Man arrested in connection to break and enters and stolen vehicle
PRINCE GEORGE- A man has been arrested in connection to three break and enters and stealing a vehicle.On Wednesday, August 14th police received reports of three commercial break ins. Two were located ...
Aug 16, 2019
Trudeau breached Conflict of Interest Act, says ethics commissioner
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau refused to apologize Wednesday for intervening in the SNC-Lavalin affair, even after the federal ethics watchdog concluded that the prime minister violated the Confli...
Aug 16, 2019
Wayne Rooney, D.C. United a tough test for struggling Vancouver Whitecaps
VANCOUVER - Wayne Rooney is expected to draw a crowd in Vancouver this weekend, but the Whitecaps aren't letting the soccer superstar change their game plan. Rooney is set to make ...
Aug 16, 2019