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With a third of 2015 MPs not running, NDP turnover highest in at least 20 years
OTTAWA - When the federal election campaign gets underway in earnest, parties will be missing dozens of incumbent MPs who have opted against running again - including 11 sitting NDP MPs...
Jun 26, 2019
Preparation for Sports Development Conference well underway
Back in March the Grande Prairie Sport Connection announced they would be hosting their first ever sport conference in Grande Prairie in the fall.Fast forward a couple of months and the planning for t...
Jun 26, 2019
Aviation experts question security, passenger safety after woman left on plane
Aviation experts are raising security and passenger safety concerns after a woman was left sleeping on a parked Air Canada aircraft with the lights turned off and crew gone. "It was just a total ...
Jun 26, 2019
Court ruling reveals grim details of Lionel Desmond suicide and murders
HALIFAX - A court fight over life insurance has revealed for the first time disturbing details about how former Canadian soldier Lionel Desmond fatally shot his mother, wife a...
Jun 26, 2019
Building explosion in Austrian capital leaves 12 injured
VIENNA - A suspected gas explosion blew a gaping hole in a building in central Vienna on Wednesday, injuring at least 12 people, two of them seriously, according to police and images from the scene. T...
Jun 26, 2019
Monroe statue theft suspect previously took axe to Trump star
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors say the man suspected of stealing a statue of Marilyn Monroe from atop a Hollywood public art installation is the same person who smashed President Trump's Walk of Fame star ...
Jun 26, 2019
Liberals promise $13M for missing, murdered Indigenous women commemorations
OTTAWA - The federal government will fund more than 100 projects to "honour the lives and legacies" of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef announced...
Jun 26, 2019
Infrastructure agency to pitch in to help move along Via Rail project: sources
OTTAWA - The federal infrastructure bank is going to put some money behind a few final, financially risky steps in Via Rail's high-frequency rail project, sources say. The rail company ...
Jun 26, 2019
Beth Chapman, co-star of bounty hunter reality TV, dies
HONOLULU - Beth Chapman, the wife and co-star of "Dog the Bounty Hunter" reality TV star Duane "Dog" Chapman, died on Wednesday. A family spokeswoman, Mona Wood-Sword, said in a statement that Chapman...
Jun 26, 2019
Montreal and Quebec City reach deals to fund public transit, tramway lines
MONTREAL - Quebec City and Montreal have reached deals with the federal and provincial governments to fund major new public transit projects in the two cities. Montreal will pass along $800 ...
Jun 26, 2019