Murray Wood: With just a bit more attention to detail, Kinsmen Park could be pretty perfect
There were people in Kinsmen Park paid to be working the other morning, so Murray Wood wonders why the litter wasn't pic...
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COVID-19 cases more than double in the Northwest Territories in one day
YELLOWKNIFE - A long-term care home in the Northwest Territories declared a COVID-19 outbreak Wednesday and a hard-hit community asked for policing help as cases in the territory rise steeply. The N.W...
Aug 18, 2021
Military officer who led vaccine campaign faces sexual assault charge
OTTAWA - The military officer who led Canada's COVID-19 vaccine distribution campaign has been charged with one count of sexual assault. Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin presented himself to police in Gatineau, ...
Aug 18, 2021
Taliban violently disperse rare protest, killing 1 person
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban violently broke up a protest in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one person as they quashed a rare public show of dissent. The militant group me...
Aug 18, 2021
July inflation rate, Tories win in NS : In The News for Aug. 18, 2021
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 Aug. 18, 2021... What we are watching in Canad...
Aug 18, 2021
O'Toole takes aim at Trudeau, Singh as inflation numbers shift focus of campaign
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's political opponents took aim at him on the campaign trail Wednesday over the cost of living, facing broadsides from Conservatives for the decade-high pace of price growth and...
Aug 18, 2021
N.S. Tories make pandemic, health care top priorities as power transition begins
NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - During his first news conference as premier-designate a day after his party's election win, Nova Scotia Tory Leader Tim Houston said Wednesday his first order of business is keepin...
Aug 18, 2021
High-profile extradition case of Meng Wanzhou wraps up with reserved decision
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has reserved her decision in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, saying only she'll set a date for her ruling later. The end of th...
Aug 18, 2021
A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase, the provinces and territories have been releasing their reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational facilities. Most of the plans are based on each ...
Aug 18, 2021
No winning ticket sold for Tuesday's $10 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Tuesday's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Aug. 20 will be at an estimated $15 million. The Canadian Press
Aug 17, 2021
A look at Nova Scotia's new premier, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston
For the first time since 2009, Nova Scotia will have a Progressive Conservative premier. Tory Leader Tim Houston led his party to victory with a campaign that promised to spend massively on health car...
Aug 17, 2021
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As the western premiers meeting wrapped up in Kananaskis, Sarah Mills says the tensions were evident, and couldn't be hi...
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