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Flames consume high-rise in Milan; residents evacuated
MILAN (AP) - Italian firefighters on Sunday battled a high-rise blaze in Milan that was spreading rapidly through a 20-story residential building. Residents were hurriedly evacuated. There were no imm...
Aug 29, 2021
Canada's Lakatos has won nine Paralympic medals since nearly retiring in 2008
Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos nearly retired after the Beijing Paralympics, but the pull of a medal proved too strong. That was 13 years and three Games ago. Now the 41-year-old from Dorval,...
Aug 29, 2021
O'Toole won't dismiss candidates anti-climate change comments
SAINT-HYACINTHE, Que. - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole would not distance himself Sunday from comments made by a longtime Conservative MP who warned constituents the Liberals are preparing for a "cl...
Aug 29, 2021
QEII Hospital diverts patients to other facilities due to rise in COVID-19 patients
This story has been updated from its original version.Alberta Health Services says as a result of a rising number of COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization at the QEII Hospital in Grande Prairie,...
Aug 29, 2021
City selling 12-acre parcel of Resources Rd. land to developer
A 12-acre parcel of land along Resources Road has been sold by the City of Grande Prairie for the proposed future development of commercial retail space.The sale of the land on the eastern side of Res...
Aug 29, 2021
O'Toole won't dismiss candidates anti-climate change comments
SAINT-HYACINTHE, Que. - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole would not distance himself Sunday from comments made by a longtime Conservative MP who warned constituents the Liberals are preparing for a "cl...
Aug 29, 2021
NDP hopes Brosseau's return boosts Quebec campaign
YAMACHICHE, Que. - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on Sunday looked to one of his party's former success stories to give his Quebec campaign a boost as he hopes to revive his party's fortunes in the ...
Aug 29, 2021
Liberals promise to regulate oil and gas emissions, electric vehicle sales
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is putting climate change on his campaign agenda today, laying out a promise to begin regulating total emissions from Canada's oil and gas producers and...
Aug 29, 2021
Canada's Lakatos has won nine Paralympic medals since nearly retiring in 2008
Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos nearly retired after the Beijing Paralympics, but the pull of a medal proved too strong. That was 13 years and three Games ago. Now the 41-year-old from Dorval,...
Aug 29, 2021
Singh: The compassionate brother who draws on suits, social media and spirituality
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh was barely out of his teens when he took his little brother in. A biology student at the University of Western Ontario, Singh insisted on looking after Gurratan, then 15, follow...
Aug 29, 2021