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Toronto Syrian restaurant that closed over threats set to reopen today
TORONTO - A popular Syrian restaurant in downtown Toronto is set to reopen today, just days after its owners said a flood of hate messages had forced them to close. Members of the Alsoufi family ...
Oct 11, 2019
Final debate behind them, federal leaders begin sprints to Oct. 21 voting day
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is leaving Ottawa for the West Coast today, though he's saying goodbye with an exceptionally early morning rally at a downtown food court before he departs. With...
Oct 11, 2019
Safes and style; In-The-News for Oct. 11 is sliding into Thanksgiving weekend
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 11. What we are watching i...
Oct 11, 2019
A blast of early winter cripples southern Manitoba; power out, highways closed
WINNIPEG - A first, early blast of windy, winter-like weather has knocked out power and made travel nearly impossible in many parts of southern Manitoba. Heavy, wet snow ...
Oct 11, 2019
Politicians in Yukon vote unanimously to declare climate emergency
WHITEHORSE - Members of Yukon's legislature have voted to declare a climate emergency. The vote adds Yukon to the growing list of nearly 500 federal, provincial and municipal governments, in...
Oct 11, 2019
Smith, Canada fall to Puerto Rico at Continental Cup
Beaverlodge's Danielle Smith and the Canadian Women's Volleyball team are going to have to take the long road to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.Canada closed out the round robin of the Conti...
Oct 11, 2019 Photo: Facebook / NORCECA / @Norcecainfo
Storm join NHL initiative with Hockey Fights Cancer Night
The Grande Prairie Storm are putting up a fight against more than the Bonnyville Pontiacs tonight.Down at Revolution Place, the team is set to host its first-ever Hockey Fights Cancer Night.The team h...
Oct 11, 2019 Storm forward Lukas Jirousek is fighting for his grandparents, who have all had their own battles with cancer (Photo: Grande Prairie Storm)
Fish and Wildlife investigating after grizzly shot and killed
Grande Cache Fish and Wildlife officers are investigating after a large male grizzly bear was found dead on October 2 along the Big Berland River, about one kilometre downstream of Highway 40.They say...
Oct 11, 2019 (Photo from Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement)
Some truckers exempt from new Alberta training standards
Alberta's transportation minister says some transport truck drivers will be permanently exempt from new training standards announced in the wake of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash that killed 16 people...
Oct 11, 2019 Ric McIver
Southern Alberta man wanted by police charged with new offences
Police say a man wanted for assault and sexual assault has been charged in another serious assault in southern Alberta.They say they arrested the 23-year-old man after another man known to him was att...
Oct 10, 2019