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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
Trial hears N.B. gunman felt he was surrounded by 'demons,' had to fight his way out
The man on trial for a 2018 mass shooting in Fredericton says he thought the end of times had begun and he might have to use his guns to fight his way out of his apartment. Matthew Raymond, 50, ...
Oct 28, 2020
Voting history of Detroit woman, 103, dates back to FDR
DETROIT - Talu Massey is among the millions of Americans who voted before Nov. 3, resulting in record-breaking early turnout. But it's far from the Detroit resident's first election. Very far. She vot...
Oct 28, 2020
Culture to become latest front in military's fight against sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is diving into the age-old question of what constitutes "military culture" as part of its latest plan to eliminate what it calls the "wicked problem" of sexual misco...
Oct 28, 2020
The Battle of Capitol Hill: White House race gets headlines, but Senate has suspense
WASHINGTON, Wash. - The race to win the White House may be getting all the headlines, but there's real suspense in the battle for control of Capitol Hill. Overshadowed by the main event of elect...
Oct 28, 2020
Not cool: Jamaican bobsledder wants thief to return stolen shell to Calgary bar
An original member of the Jamaican bobsled team featured in the 1993 movie "Cool Runnings" is imploring whoever stole the nose cone from a sled that appeared in the film to return it to a Calgary bar....
Oct 28, 2020
Gearbox issue prevents BC Ferry from docking Tuesday, stranding passengers for hours
TSAWWASSEN, B.C. - Nearly 200 BC Ferries passengers finally disembarked from a broken-down ferry Tuesday night after being stuck aboard for hours. A problem with a gearbox on the Queen of Alberni prev...
Oct 28, 2020
Not cool: Jamaican bobsledder wants thief to return stolen shell to Calgary bar
An original member of the Jamaican bobsled team featured in the 1993 movie "Cool Runnings" is imploring whoever stole the nose cone from a sled that appeared in the film to return it to a Calgary bar....
Oct 28, 2020