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Trump to nominate Stephen Moore for Federal Reserve board
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Friday that he will nominate Stephen Moore, a conservative economic analyst, to fill a vacancy on the Federal Reserve's seven-member board. Moore served as an ...
Mar 22, 2019
Impact will 'reverberate across Canada for years to come': Judge who sentenced Sidhu to 8 years
It's been nearly one year since the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash, and the court proceedings have now concluded with an eight-year prison sentence for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu.Judge Inez Cardinal handed d...
Mar 22, 2019 Jaskirat Singh Sidhu will spend the next 8 years in jail for causing the Humboldt Broncos bus collision in April. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
Edmonton police bogged down with low priority calls
Edmonton's new police chief says his officers are getting bogged down responding to low priority calls such as people being impaired in public.Chief Dale McFee says a new unit will focus on such calls...
Mar 22, 2019 Facebook/Edmonton Police Service
Big Brother Canada update - Spoiler Alert **
If you're a Big Brother Canada fan and you haven't yet watched last night's episode, you may want to wait to read any further. Grande Prairie's Kailyn Archer...There's a dangerous agent in the #B...
Mar 22, 2019 Photo courtesy Global TV
Steering problem forces authorities to pull more than 600 Quebec buses off the road
MONTREAL - Quebec public transit corporations had to pull more than 600 buses off the road today after the manufacturer detected a technical problem. Nova Bus of St-Eustache, Que., orde...
Mar 22, 2019
Truck driver in fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash to be sentenced
MELFORT, Sask. - A truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash is to be sentenced in a Saskatchewan courtroom today. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu of Calgary pleaded guilty earlier...
Mar 22, 2019
Montreal to remove crucifix from council chamber and place it in museum
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal announced Wednesday it will take down the crucifix that has hung in its council chamber for more than 80 years and move it to a ...
Mar 22, 2019
What's next after UK seeks 3-month delay to Brexit?
LONDON - With just nine days to go until Brexit day, Prime Minister Theresa May has asked the European Union to postpone Britain's departure from the European Union until June 30. The decision is in t...
Mar 22, 2019
Speaker relegates Parti Quebecois to 4th-place status in Quebec legislature
QUEBEC - The struggling Parti Quebecois has suffered another setback with a decision by the Speaker relegating it to fourth place in the provincial legislature. Francois Paradis ruled W...
Mar 22, 2019
Father of seven children who were killed in Halifax house fire remains in coma
HALIFAX - The father of seven children killed in a ferocious fire remains in a coma, a month after flames engulfed their Halifax home. Muslim community leaders say Ebraheim Barho has undergone multipl...
Mar 22, 2019