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David Braley, owner of three Canadian Football League franchises, dead at 79
David Braley, the Hamilton businessman who owned three CFL franchises, has died. He was 79. The B.C Lions said in a statement that Braley died in his Burlington, Ont., home Monday morning. A cause of ...
Oct 26, 2020
Canada women's security envoy sees rising authoritarian control during COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada's new ambassador for women, peace and security says authoritarian leaders are using COVID-19 to roll back the rights of women and LGBTQ2 people. Jacqueline O'Neill also says it remains...
Oct 26, 2020
Prince Harry says ignorance no excuse for unconscious bias
LONDON - Britain's Prince Harry says it took him many years and the experience of living with his wife, the former Meghan Markle, to understand how his privileged upbringing shielded him from the real...
Oct 26, 2020
Remembering his friends, Springsteen pens ‘Letter to You’
NEW YORK - Last year as Bruce Springsteen reflected on the death of his friend and teenage bandmate George Theiss, who died in 2018, he grabbed his guitar and pen and began writing a song about being ...
Oct 26, 2020
Scientists remove 98 'murder hornets' in Washington state
SPOKANE, Wash. - Scientists removed 98 so-called murder hornets from a nest discovered near the Canadian border in Washington state over the weekend, including 13 that were captured live in a net, the...
Oct 26, 2020
Saskatchewan election day: Voters go to the polls after four-week pandemic campaign
REGINA - Saskatchewan voters choose today which leader will steer the province through the rest of the COVID-19 pandemic, and whatever unforeseen challenges lie ahead following election day. Pol...
Oct 26, 2020
Massive drug cooking operation found by police in Lumby, B.C.
LUMBY, B.C. - Provincial and federal police have uncovered what they say is one of the largest illicit drug laboratories ever found in British Columbia. RCMP say in a news release that officers ...
Oct 26, 2020
Projected winner awaiting mail-in ballots before declaring Parksville-Qualicum flip
PARKSVILLE - The last BC Liberal riding on Vancouver Island has all but flipped following a surge in NDP support in the region.Town of Qualicum councillor and NDP candidate Adam Walker was projected v...
Oct 26, 2020
Compassion not conversion needed for those struggling with sexuality: Tory MP Duncan
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Eric Duncan says as a proud gay man who lives in rural Ontario, he needs to speak up against a practice of trying to force someone to change their sexuality. Duncan led ...
Oct 26, 2020
GOP US Senate candidate Jason Lewis rushed into surgery
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis was rushed into emergency surgery Monday for a severe internal hernia, just eight days before the election, his campaign announced....
Oct 26, 2020