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Hearing over controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline resumes at B.C. Supreme Court
VANCOUVER - Arguments over the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for a natural gas pipeline in B.C. resumed in court on Friday with lawyers for Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs telli...
Oct 02, 2020
New faces bring renewal, political opportunity after B.C.'s Oct. 24 election
VICTORIA - It's still a long way from election day in British Columbia, but one thing is certain after the Oct. 24 vote, there will be at least 15 new faces in the legislature.The number of people not...
Oct 02, 2020
Canada to have own forensics team examine evidence in PS752 crash
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says Canada will have its own forensics team examine the evidence on the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752. Iran admits ...
Oct 02, 2020
In Appalachia, people watch COVID-19, race issues from afar
BUCHTEL, Ohio - The water, so cold that it nearly hurts, spills relentlessly into a concrete trough from three pipes driven into a hillside near the edge of town. People have been coming to the trough...
Oct 02, 2020
Notre Dame's president tests positive for coronavirus
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The University of Notre Dame's president announced Friday he tested positive for the coronavirus less than a week after he attended a White House event without wearing a mask. The R...
Oct 02, 2020
Second wave killing fewer Canadians but is no reason to let down guard, doctors warn
OTTAWA - Seven months into the pandemic, medical experts have a better idea of how to treat COVID-19 and how to keep it out of high-risk settings which means there are far fewer people dying of the vi...
Oct 02, 2020
U.S. Republicans, Democrats in Canada agree: Expat Americans should vote
TORONTO - Despite the bitter partisan divide racking U.S. politics, there is one thing both Republicans and Democrats living in Canada agree on when it comes to November's presidential election - the ...
Oct 02, 2020
Greens' interim leader hoping for clear victory in weekend leadership decision
OTTAWA - Interim Green Leader Jo-Ann Roberts says she is hoping for a clear winner Saturday when the party's new leader is elected, to put to rest concerns the race was not legitimate.The eight-month ...
Oct 02, 2020
Municipal, provincial leaders clash over response to COVID-19 surge in hotspots
TORONTO - Staggering daily case counts elicited stern warnings to immediately tighten social circles and limit outings in the nation's COVID-19 hotspots, but also gave rise to a growing schism between...
Oct 02, 2020
Experts, national parents group, call for specialized proton therapy clinic in Canada
HALIFAX - An advocacy group for children's cancer research says it's time Canada makes an advanced form of radiotherapy, called proton beam therapy, more widely available. Canada is the only G7 countr...
Oct 02, 2020
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