Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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Crown appealing verdict in Alberta meningitis case citing comments by judge
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The Crown is appealing the not guilty verdict in the case of an Alberta couple charged with not seeking medical attention sooner for their sick son. Last month, Justice Terry Clack...
Oct 15, 2019
Conservatives stoke fear of NDP-Liberal coalition as Scheer pushes for majority
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer is raising the spectre of a reckless, tax-and-spend Liberal-NDP coalition government to urge Canadians to hand the Conservatives a majority on Oct. 21. The Conservative leader w...
Oct 15, 2019 Conservative leader Andrew Scheer gives the thumbs up as he and his wife Jill board the campaign plane in Ottawa on Oct. 14, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Investigation requested into death of man in RCMP custody in Onion Lake
ONION LAKE, Sask. - The RCMP say a young man has died while in custody at their detachment in Onion Lake, Sask. Police say the 19-year-old from Lloydminster, Sask., was found in an unresponsive state ...
Oct 13, 2019
Last debate done, leaders begin sprint to Oct. 21
OTTAWA — Party leaders entered the home stretch of the federal election campaign Friday, picking up the pace of cross-country travel and cramming more events into their days. Conservative Leader...
Oct 11, 2019
Blast of early winter cripples southern Manitoba
An early blast of winter-like weather knocked out power and made travel nearly impossible in many parts of southern Manitoba on Friday. Heavy, wet snow started falling Thursday to make driving a slopp...
Oct 11, 2019
Pipeline politics loom large in final federal leaders’ debate
OTTAWA — The political weight attached to whether and where to build pipelines in Canada came through clearly Thursday night in a French-language leaders’ debate that also saw the leaders ...
Oct 11, 2019
RCMP shuns lie-detector tests for top security clearances despite federal rules
OTTAWA - The RCMP does not give lie-detector tests to employees undergoing top-level security screenings despite federal rules that require such examinations, The Canadian Press has learned. The revel...
Oct 10, 2019
Tories to release platform on Friday, Singh sets terms for NDP minority support
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are to release their campaign platform on Friday, coinciding with the opening of advance voting, a party spokesman said Thursday. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has vowed...
Oct 10, 2019 NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh responds to questions during a news conference in Ottawa, on Thursday, October 10, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Mother of slain Hamilton teen says ‘everyone’ failed her son
HAMILTON - A mother who witnessed her son being stabbed to death outside his high school broke her silence on Wednesday, blaming the system for failing to protect the 14-year-old from the "bullies" sh...
Oct 10, 2019
Mother of slain Hamilton teen says ‘everyone’ failed her son
HAMILTON - A mother who witnessed her son being stabbed to death outside his high school broke her silence on Wednesday, blaming the system for failing to protect the 14-year-old from the "bullies" sh...
Oct 09, 2019
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