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Slick roads believed to be factor in morning rollover, multi-vehicle highway crash
NANOOSE - Several drivers suffered non-life threatening injuries as a result of morning crash on Hwy. 19.Emergency crews responded around 5:15 a.m. Thursday morning to the scene along the highway, nea...
Aug 06, 2020
Ottawa's buffer against provincial economic shocks needs reform: economist
CALGARY - A new paper suggests a federal program meant to buffer provinces against economic shocks is not up to the task - especially in the COVID-19 era. University of Calgary economis...
Aug 06, 2020
Vogue UK spotlights Black activists, social change
LONDON - The British issue of Vogue is devoting its September issue to activism, with a cover featuring two Black activists and produced by a predominantly Black team. Editor-in-chief Edward Enninful,...
Aug 06, 2020
As CERB winds down, labour group asks Liberals to rethink EI
OTTAWA - A workers-rights group is calling on the federal government to rethink the employment insurance program as an emergency benefit for workers is set to run out. The government estimates four mi...
Aug 06, 2020
Union calls for production halt at Maple Leaf plant after more COVID-19 cases
BRANDON, Man. - The union representing employees at a pork processing plant in Manitoba is calling for Maple Leaf to cease production after three more workers tested positive for COVID-19. The United ...
Aug 06, 2020
NewsAlert: N.S. Premier Stephen McNeil resigning
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil has announced he is stepping down as premier and Liberal party leader. The premier said today that after 17 years in provincial politics, it...
Aug 06, 2020
Canada promises immediate help to Lebanon, wants political reform over long term
OTTAWA - Canada is emphasizing the need for economic and political reform in Lebanon over the long term as it looks at immediate ways to help the country following this week's deadly explosion in Beir...
Aug 06, 2020
Supreme Court to hear case of Hamilton-area man who killed would-be car thief
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Hamilton-area homeowner who gunned down a would-be car thief. The top court today granted the request to weigh in from Peter Khill. Khill, o...
Aug 06, 2020
Senate shifts rules for Meredith victim compensation process
OTTAWA - The Senate says harassment victims of disgraced former senator Don Meredith can now have lawyers when speaking to an independent evaluator hired to determine potential compensation for t...
Aug 06, 2020
Viola Davis, LeBron James among honorees at AAFCA TV Honours
LOS ANGELES - Viola Davis, Sterling K. Brown and LeBron James are among several honorees at the AAFCA TV Honors later this month. The African American Film Critics Association announced the recipients...
Aug 06, 2020