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Scheer says Canada more divided than ever, as NDP, Bloc hold cards close
REGINA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer offered the Liberals no help Tuesday to try and piece together national unity after an election contest that's left the country divided on regional lines. Sc...
Oct 24, 2019
Federal Election 2019 by the numbers
Some interesting numbers have been crunched by Elections Canada in the days since Monday's federal election.The agency says just over 17,890,000 Canadians cast a ballot, with 4.77 million of them, or ...
Oct 24, 2019
Canada on the rise in FIFA rankings, cracks all-important top six in CONCACAF
Canada climbed six places to No. 69 in the latest FIFA rankings, leapfrogging El Salvador to crack the top six in the CONCACAF region. The move, powered by a famous 2-0 upset win over the U.S. on Oct....
Oct 24, 2019
US durable goods orders fall 1.1% in September
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods tumbled in September by the largest amount in four months while a closely watched category that tracks business investment fell ...
Oct 24, 2019
Oslo police shoot to stop man driving on sidewalk, 3 injured
COPENHAGEN - An armed Norwegian man stole an ambulance and drove it along a sidewalk in Oslo on Tuesday, injuring two toddlers as police tried to stop him by shooting at the tires and ramming the vehi...
Oct 24, 2019
UCP government to table first budget, warns of program spending cuts
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is to table a budget today that will cut program spending by nearly three per cent. The budget is the first under Premier Jason Kenney's United Conservative governmen...
Oct 24, 2019
Wildfire forces evacuations in northern California
GEYSERVILLE, Calif. - A wind-driven wildfire has forced evacuations north of San Francisco in Sonoma County. The state firefighting agency Cal Fire says the blaze near Geyserville has grown to 10,000 ...
Oct 24, 2019
Liberals: TMX pipeline could fund $500 million a year in clean energy projects
OTTAWA - The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that...
Oct 24, 2019
Local MLA hearing plenty of frustration from constituents following Monday's election
Following the Liberal's minority government win on Monday, social media has exploded with a call for Alberta's separation from Canada.#Wexit was trending on Twitter and over 223,000 people have joined...
Oct 24, 2019 Nearly a quarter of a million people have joined the group Votewexit on Facebook, as a result of the federal election outcome (Photo: VoteWexit Facebook)
Queen Latifah to receive Harvard black culture award
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Music artist and actress Queen Latifah is among the honorees being recognized by Harvard University for their contributions to black history and culture. Harvard is set to award the...
Oct 24, 2019