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Alberta union leaders launch protest website against UCP government
EDMONTON - Labour-union leaders are urging Albertans to sign up to protest Premier Jason Kenney's government through rallies and demonstrations and, if necessary, province-wide general strikes.Gil McG...
Oct 28, 2020
Focus on infrastructure, involve community to fix reserve water issues: observers
The evacuation of a remote Ontario First Nation over the latest development in a decades-long water crisis has highlighted the need to focus on reserve water infrastructure systems as a whole and invo...
Oct 28, 2020
National Lacrosse League will wait until April to attempt to start next season
PHILADELPHIA - The National Lacrosse League hopes to start its next season in April. The NLL said Wednesday it is targeting the weekend of April 9-11 to begin play during the COVID-19 pandemic. The se...
Oct 28, 2020
Call for action as U.S. reports sharp drop in North Atlantic right whale population
HALIFAX - A conservation organization is calling on the Canadian and U.S. governments to take action to protect North Atlantic right whales after new American data revealed a sharp decline in the enda...
Oct 28, 2020
Seattle Sounders clinch playoff spot with 2-0 victory over Vancouver Whitecaps
PORTLAND, Ore. - The road to the playoffs got a little rockier for the Vancouver Whitecaps Tuesday night. Playing their second game in 72 hours, the 'Caps dropped a 2-0 decision to the Seattle Sounder...
Oct 28, 2020
Hendrick hires banished Kyle Larson to drive flagship No. 5
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Kyle Larson will be back in NASCAR next season driving the flagship No. 5 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. Larson signed a multi-year contract Wednesday with Hendrick that ended h...
Oct 28, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 11 a.m. Ontario is reporting 834 new cases of COVID-19 and five more deaths linked to the novel coronavirus. Another 773 cas...
Oct 28, 2020
Move to Canada? A pipe dream for some Americans is a parachute for Canadian expats
WASHINGTON, Wash. - When people in the United States talk about moving to Canada to escape four more years of Donald Trump, it's usually either a punchline or a pipe dream. Ask some of the roughly 800...
Oct 28, 2020
Security hired to watch B.C. parents angered by COVID rules at youth soccer games
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A youth soccer club in Chilliwack, B.C., has hired a security firm to patrol the sidelines during games because of what the club describes as "borderline violent" confrontations ove...
Oct 28, 2020
Blanchet demands apology from Trudeau for War Measures Act, passed 50 years ago
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet is calling on the government to apologize for legislation that remains controversial 50 years after its passage during the October Crisis in Quebec.I...
Oct 28, 2020