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Horgan says NDP to highlight 'what we've done, where we're going' this month
VICTORIA - British Columbia's New Democrat government will be pointing out its achievements on affordability and economic fronts while introducing a political agenda for the next year as the...
Feb 09, 2020

On 10-year anniversary of Vancouver Olympics, public figures reflect on mixed legacy
VANCOUVER - When Gregor Robertson took office as mayor of Vancouver, he said he didn't anticipate the "financial meltdown" of a planned housing development as the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralym...
Feb 09, 2020

Commuter rail trips cancelled as protest blocks tracks near Belleville, Ont.
A blockade on a rail line in eastern Ontario has halted service along one of Via Rail's busiest routes and led to numerous cancellations. Spokesman Karl-Philip Marchand Giguere did not provide reasons...
Feb 09, 2020

Multiple road collisions, schools shuttered, flights cancelled as heavy snow lashes Quebec
MONTREAL - Drivers were urged to stay off the roads and children got an unexpected day off from school Friday as heavy snow battered a large swath of southern Quebec. More than 700 road inci...
Feb 09, 2020

Second plane for Canadians in Wuhan on its way to Asia: foreign minister
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Canada's foreign minister says a second plane has left for Asia to bring a second load of Canadians out of the Chinese city locked down over a viral outbreak. Foreign Affairs M...
Feb 09, 2020

On 10-year anniversary of Vancouver Olympics, public figures reflect on mixed legacy
VANCOUVER - When Gregor Robertson took office as mayor of Vancouver, he said he didn't anticipate the "financial meltdown" of a planned housing development as the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralym...
Feb 09, 2020

Iran doesn't have expertise to analyze PS752 recorders: Champagne
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Iran doesn't have experts who can analyze the data recorders from a civilian airliner it shot down last month and it's time to...
Feb 09, 2020

Trudeau says he pressed Egypt's president on detained Canadians
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he raised the cases of Canadian citizens detained in Egypt with that country's president at a summit of African leaders. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi...
Feb 09, 2020

Leafs place defenceman Cody Ceci on injured reserve and recall Timothy Liljegren
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs placed defenceman Cody Ceci on injured reserve and recalled blue-liner Timothy Liljegren from the team's American Hockey League affiliate Friday. Ceci, out ...
Feb 09, 2020

Pet support: Calgary group raising funds for animal-friendly homeless shelter
CALGARY - Chaz Smith has seen some homeless people have to make the heartbreaking decision of having a warm bed for a night or staying outside with their furry friends. "We don't have any pe...
Feb 09, 2020