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Business groups in New Brunswick issue federal election priorities for candidates
DIEPPE, N.B. - An alliance of New Brunswick business groups is releasing a set of policy priorities it hopes political parties will take up during the federal election campaign. New Brunswick Business...
Aug 24, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak grows in N.W.T., military and Red Cross nurses deployed
YELLOWKNIFE - A COVID-19 outbreak in the Northwest Territories has grown to 219 cases. There are 190 cases in the Sahtu region in the territory's northwest, including 74 cases in Colville Lake and 84 ...
Aug 24, 2021
Paralympians thrilled to return to sport after concerns Games wouldn't happen
After a year's postponement, and major uncertainty about whether they'd get off the ground at all, the Tokyo Paralympics opened on Tuesday amid a barrage of fireworks and almost audible sigh of relief...
Aug 24, 2021
O'Toole makes pitch to seniors on pensions while calling out 'corporate elites'
OTTAWA - A day after throwing a line to private-sector union workers, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is digging in against what the party calls "corporate elites" in a pitch to Canadian seniors and ...
Aug 24, 2021
Trudeau mum on U.S. deadline to leave Kabul by Aug. 31 as he meets with G7 leaders
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is playing his cards close to his chest on whether he wants the G7 to push for an extension of the American military commitment to Afghanistan. Trudeau is attend...
Aug 24, 2021
Liberals promise helping hand to first-time homebuyers through grants, loans
HAMILTON - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says a re-elected Liberal government would help renters become homeowners through $1 billion in loans and grants. During an election campaign stop in Hamilton,...
Aug 24, 2021
City council opts for full demolition of Leisure Centre, Pitch 2
Grande Prairie City Council unanimously agreed to proceed with the full demolition of the Leisure Centre and the adjoining indoor soccer pitch, known as Pitch 2, at Monday's council meeting.This comes...
Aug 24, 2021
US troops surge evacuations, CIA chief meets with Taliban
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military has pulled off its biggest day of evacuation flights from Afghanistan since the operation began, but deadly violence that has blocked many desperate evacuees from e...
Aug 24, 2021
US official says CIA director met Taliban leader in Kabul
WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. official says that CIA Director William Burns visited Kabul on Monday to meet with the Taliban's top political leader. The official told The Associated Press the meeting betwe...
Aug 24, 2021
G-7 grapples with Afghanistan, an afterthought not long ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two months ago, the leaders of the world's seven major industrialized democracies met at the height of summer on England's southwest coast. It was a happy occasion: the first in-pers...
Aug 24, 2021