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Finance minister tells Halifax business audience not to link budget to election
HALIFAX - Finance Minister Bill Morneau told a Halifax business audience today that they shouldn't think of this week's federal budget as an election document. In remarks to the Halifax Chamber of Com...
Mar 22, 2019
Italy: Bus driver abducts 51 children, sets vehicle on fire
MILAN - A bus driver in northern Italy abducted 51 children and their school chaperones Wednesday, threatening the hostages' lives for 40 minutes and setting the bus on fire at a Carabinieri blockade....
Mar 22, 2019
AER grants license to divert water from local Bird Sanctuary
Saskatoon Lake is currently being used as more than just a Migratory Birds Sanctuary.The Alberta Energy Regulator has granted Kelt Exploration Ltd. a license to temporarily divert water from the lake,...
Mar 22, 2019
B.C. to start measles 'catch-up' campaign, offering shots at schools, clinics
VICTORIA - British Columbia is starting a measles immunization catch-up drive next month in a bid to vaccinate 95 per cent of the province's youth amid an outbreak of 19 confirmed measles cases. Healt...
Mar 22, 2019
A list of those killed and injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash
The driver of a transport truck who caused the deadly collision last April involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu ...
Mar 22, 2019
Republicans ask to stay order blocking lame-duck laws
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Republicans asked an appeals court Friday to immediately halt a judge's order that blocked GOP-backed laws limiting the powers of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney Gene...
Mar 22, 2019
Hollywood power elite hosting Kamala Harris fundraiser
WASHINGTON - Many of Hollywood's power elite, including prolific television hit maker Shonda Rhimes, were hosting a fundraiser Wednesday for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. The evenin...
Mar 22, 2019
10 members of Grande Prairie Skating Club competing in Airdrie this weekend
It's a big weekend for some local figure skaters.Co-Director of the skating for the Grande Prairie Skating Club Cheryl Jobson explains how members of the club are heading to a big competition in Airdr...
Mar 22, 2019 (photo credit to the Grande Prairie Skating Club)
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)