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Fate of California Gov. Gavin Newsom hangs on recall vote
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - With Gov. Gavin Newsom's fate at stake, Californians on Tuesday cast the last of the ballots that will decide whether he continues to lead them or if the nation's most populo...
Sep 14, 2021
Incumbent Manitoba CPC candidate Ted Falk quoted spreading vaccine misinformation
OTTAWA - Manitoba federal Conservative candidate Ted Falk was quoted in a local newspaper spreading misinformation about the dangers of COVID-19 vaccines. The Carillon newspaper quotes the incumbent c...
Sep 14, 2021
Teal Cedar Products asks B.C. court for one-year injunction extension at Fairy Creek
NANAIMO, B.C. - A British Columbia forestry company is in court applying for a one-year extension of an injunction against ongoing old-growth logging protests on southern Vancouver Island. A lawyer fo...
Sep 14, 2021
Pattison Media offers expanded coverage of Huskie Athletics through new app and website
Love Huskie football and hockey games? There's an app for that.Want to know everything about the Huskies? There's an app for that too.Pattison Media has partnered with the University of Saskatchewan H...
Sep 14, 2021
Province reports 506 new cases of COVID-19 setting new daily case record
After the province recorded the most COVID-19 cases in one day during yesterday's update, the government is reporting another 506 new cases setting a new record for the most COVID-19 cases in one day ...
Sep 14, 2021
Dozens of lawyers call for suspension of extradition with France over Diab case
OTTAWA - More than 100 legal professionals are asking Canada to suspend its extradition treaty with France over concerns "an innocent man" could face trial there in a terrorism case. In May, a French ...
Sep 14, 2021
Officials too quick to blame COVID-19 for deaths at Montreal care home: witness
MONTREAL - An auxiliary nurse told a coroner's inquest today that health authorities were too quick to blame COVID-19 for deaths in a Montreal-area long-term care home when some of them were in fact c...
Sep 14, 2021
Series of tight election races across Canada could be determined by postal votes
OTTAWA - People voting by mail could play a crucial role in deciding the outcome of the Sept. 20 federal election. Postal votes could dictate which party wins in a series of closely fought ridings whe...
Sep 14, 2021
O'Toole mum on how many immigrants he would bring, promises tougher border measures
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is promising to speed up processing of family reunification and skilled workers' immigration applications without saying whether he would maintain the Liberal...
Sep 14, 2021
O'Toole makes pitch to working parents with Tories' 'flexible' child-care plan
RUSSELL, Ont. - Erin O'Toole repeated his plan on Tuesday to scrap Liberal child-care deals signed with provinces in favour of a refundable tax credit, saying the Conservative approach will give a big...
Sep 14, 2021