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Transport Canada issues first fines to air passengers who refused to wear masks
OTTAWA - Federal transport officials have issued the first fines to air passengers who refused to wear face masks on Canadian flights, in violation of a government order to help prevent the ...
Sep 04, 2020
O'Toole nominates campaign fundraiser to be chair of Conservative Fund
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party's fundraising arm has a new chair for the first time in two decades. Leader Erin O'Toole says he is nominating his longtime campaign fundraiser James Dodds to be c...
Sep 04, 2020
Mental health: Newfoundland loosens COVID-19 rules for 'rotational' workers
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador has rolled out new COVID-19 testing rules for people who routinely work outside the province and return on a set schedule. Janice Fitzgerald, the...
Sep 04, 2020
Trump denies calling US war dead 'losers,' 'suckers'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump defended himself Friday against accusations that he mocked American war dead as his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, intensified efforts to frame the election as a refe...
Sep 04, 2020
Canadian economy added 246,000 jobs in August, unemployment rate 10.2%
OTTAWA - The pace of gains in Canada's job market slowed in August, as Statistics Canada reported the economy added 246,000 jobs, and other data that experts say suggests billions in government b...
Sep 04, 2020
New Brunswick party leaders say province doesn't have enough people
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative and Liberal party leaders vowed on Friday to increase the province's population if they are elected to govern on Sept. 14. Tory&nb...
Sep 04, 2020
Thai students turn agitators for educational reform
BANGKOK - She's 15, writes love stories and likes indie music and anime cartoons. So far so normal. But two weeks ago Benjamaporn Nivas upended traditional notions of Thai schoolkids' behaviour by lea...
Sep 03, 2020
N.B. Tory leader hit from all in debate for calling election during pandemic
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Progressive Conservative leader and incumbent Premier Blaine Higgs spent much of the first election debate defending his decision to call a snap election and fend...
Sep 03, 2020
Oilsands tailings ponds leaking; federal enforcement unclear: report
An international environmental watchdog says there's convincing evidence that oilsands tailings ponds are leaking. "There is strong scientifically valid evidence of ... seepage into near-field gr...
Sep 03, 2020
Judge kicks Kanye West off Virginia ballot for November
RICHMOND, Va. - A judge on Thursday ordered rapper Kanye West's name removed from presidential ballots in Virginia. West was disqualified because he failed to meet a requirement that 13 people pledge ...
Sep 03, 2020
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