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Bloomberg out, Biden resurgent after Super Tuesday victories
WASHINGTON - New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg suspended his presidential campaign Wednesday and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was reassessing her candidacy, as the winnowing process in the De...
Mar 4, 2020
Majority of Canadians unhappy with Trudeau's handling of blockade crisis: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians weren't happy with Justin Trudeau's handling of the natural-gas pipeline dispute in British Columbia that led to nationwide ra...
Mar 4, 2020
It's up again for stocks as Wall Street's wild ride extends
NEW YORK - Stocks jumped Wednesday morning and clawed back much of their sharp losses from the day before as Wall Street's wild, virus-fueled swings extend into a third week. Health care stocks led th...
Mar 4, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Ottawa Senators fire CEO Jim Little
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have fired new CEO Jim Little, continuing a trend of departures for club executives. Little was named CEO on Jan. 10. The Senators say Little's conduct was "inconsistent" ...
Mar 4, 2020
No money for salary increases for teachers: Toews
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister is taking effective control of upcoming contract bargaining with teachers and says there's no money for salary increases.GP-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews says the gover...
Mar 4, 2020
PM creates COVID-19 cabinet committee to deal with novel coronavirus
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has created a new cabinet committee to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak, which began in China but now has spread around the world. The COVID-19 cabinet c...
Mar 4, 2020
Court update: All charges dismissed in one drug case, charges withdrawn in another
Alberta Justice and the Federal Crown Prosecutor say all the charges against three people arrested in a 2019 Grande Prairie drug bust have been dismissed.Alberta Justice says all the charges against T...
Mar 4, 2020 Photo by Curtis Galbraith
Entries for the Beauty of the Peace Art Competition close this Saturday
The Beauty of the Peace Art Competition continues this week through the Grant Berg Gallery, in collaboration with Big Country 93.1 FM and Q99. Gallery owner Grant Berg says the competition did exist i...
Mar 4, 2020 "El Lobo" by Daniel Sanchez, winning piece for the Beauty of the Peace competition from 2019
MacKay in the lead but nearly half of Tories undecided on leadership: poll
OTTAWA - A high number of undecided voters in the ongoing Conservative leadership race suggests there's room for others to catch up to, and potentially beat, front-runner Peter MacKay, says the v...
Mar 4, 2020
Majority of Canadians unhappy with Trudeau's handling of blockade crisis: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians weren't happy with Justin Trudeau's handling of the natural-gas pipeline dispute in British Columbia that led to nationwide ra...
Mar 4, 2020