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Energy sector looking for aid and regulation delays as throne speech looms
OTTAWA - Canada's fossil-fuel sector is looking to this month's throne speech for signs the federal government is not throwing in the towel on oil and gas. At the same time Canadian climate strikers a...
Sep 11, 2020
Fearless grizzly chows down on fallen fruit in busy B.C. neighbourhood
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A healthy adult grizzly bear spotted sauntering through a busy neighbourhood in a community north of Vancouver has been trapped and will be relocated far from human contact. The ...
Sep 11, 2020
Canadian Eugenie Bouchard books ticket in Istanbul semifinals
ISTANBUL - Canadian qualifier Eugenie Bouchard has advanced to the semifinals of the Istanbul Tennis Championship after recording her third consecutive upset on Friday. Bouchard, from Westmount, ...
Sep 11, 2020
Murky skies forecast as more smoke from U.S. wildfires drifts toward B.C.
VANCOUVER - Heat advisories have ended in British Columbia following several days of record breaking temperatures in some areas, but Environment Canada's advisories about wildfire smoke...
Sep 11, 2020
New Brunswick party leaders begin their final push ahead of Monday's election
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's political leaders are in the final stretch heading into Monday's provincial election. Today, Progressive Conservative Party Leader Blaine Higgs makes an announcement in F...
Sep 11, 2020
Barrymore sets high standard in her models as talk show host
NEW YORK - Drew Barrymore is setting a high standard for herself as she joins the world of daytime talk show hosts on Monday. She wants to emulate David Letterman and Howard Stern as interviewers. Bot...
Sep 11, 2020
Pilot project to install seatbelts on Nanaimo-Ladysmith school buses
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District is one of two B.C. districts selected for a school bus safety pilot project.Three-point seatbelts will be among a suite of enhanced safety measures inst...
Sep 11, 2020
Toronto Raptors hope for Game 7 win against Boston Celtics tonight
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - For the first time since the most famous shot in team history, the Toronto Raptors will play a Game 7 tonight. The Raptors and the Boston Celtics square off at Walt Disney Wor...
Sep 11, 2020
Raptors Game 7 and deadly U.S. wildfires: In The News for Sept. 11
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 11 ... Wha...
Sep 11, 2020
B.C. gang leader Jamie Bacon to be sentenced today in Surrey Six case
VANCOUVER - A judge is scheduled to sentence a gang leader today on a charge related to shootings in 2007 that left six people dead at a highrise apartment building in Surrey, B.C. Jamie Bacon pl...
Sep 11, 2020