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Conservatives hang onto symbolic victories as they lose bid for majority government
REGINA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has spent his political life defying expectations but on Monday night failed to achieve what could have been a career-defining one: toppling a first-ter...
Oct 23, 2019
Liam Fraser bides his time with Toronto FC but believes he is ready for more
NEW YORK - Toronto FC midfielder Liam Fraser is biding his time. It's been three months since the 21-year-old last started in MLS play. He has not seen the field since in league action, making the mat...
Oct 23, 2019
Alberta education minister releases new guidelines for school seclusion rooms
EDMONTON - Alberta's education minister says seclusion rooms in schools will not be banned, but only used as a last resort when a student poses significant and imminent danger to themselves or others....
Oct 23, 2019
Google claims breakthrough in blazingly fast computing
SAN FRANCISCO - Google announced Wednesday it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing, saying it has developed an experimental processor that took just minutes to complete a calculation that ...
Oct 23, 2019
Sask. gov’t focuses on distracted driving, vaping in throne speech
Premier Scott Moe's government is promising to pass legislation this session to regulate vaping and to increase the penalties for distracted driving.Those were two of the key messages in the speech fr...
Oct 23, 2019 (file photo/CJME News Staff)
Greens elect MPs in New Brunswick and B.C., but barely increase seat total
VICTORIA - Green Leader Elizabeth May says increasing her party's seat total by one in Monday's federal election is a bigger victory than it seems and should not be considered a disappointment. The Gr...
Oct 23, 2019
Calgary man found guilty in grandson's death appeals manslaughter conviction
CALGARY - A Calgary man found guilty in the death of his five-year-old grandson is appealing his manslaughter conviction. A notice of appeal filed today on behalf of Allan Perdomo Lopez says he a...
Oct 23, 2019
Rose McGowan sues alleging intimidation by Weinstein, others
LOS ANGELES - Actress Rose McGowan has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Harvey Weinstein and two of his former attorneys engaged in racketeering to silence her and shut down her career before she...
Oct 23, 2019
'Once Upon a Time' to be reissued with new scenes
NEW YORK - Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" is heading back into theatres with 10 minutes of added scenes. Sony Pictures said Wednesday that the longer "Once Upon a Time ... in ...
Oct 23, 2019
Woody Guthrie Center to honour rapper Chuck D
TULSA, Okla. - Rapper Chuck D is this year's winner of the Woody Guthrie Prize, an award that recognizes artists who speak out for the less fortunate. Chuck D was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall ...
Oct 23, 2019