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Federal election officially set for September 20
OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has agreed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's request to dissolve Parliament, triggering an election campaign.Canadians are set to go to the polls on Sept. 20.Trudeau is ...
Aug 15, 2021
Fred strengthens to tropical storm as it heads to US coast
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The National Hurricane Center said Fred regained its tropical storm status in the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday as parts of the Caribbean were gearing up for impacts from Tr...
Aug 15, 2021
Fred strengthens to tropical storm as it heads to US coast
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The National Hurricane Center said Fred regained its tropical storm status in the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday as parts of the Caribbean were gearing up for impacts from Tr...
Aug 15, 2021
Swan City FC official expecting "ripple effect" from soccer gold
A Swan City FC official thinks Canada's gold medal win in women's soccer at the Tokyo Olympics will have a ripple effect on the game.Technical director Claude Bolton says that impacts should last for ...
Aug 15, 2021
Crime prevention tips effective in Grande Prairie, suggests RCMP
RCMP report that crime in Grande Prairie has dropped from July year over year and police hope the trend continues. Grande Prairie RCMP Sgt. Shawn Graham says police responded to nearly 400 fewer calls...
Aug 15, 2021
Nursing grads say pandemic experience pushing them out of Quebec hospitals
MONTREAL - Nursing students and recent graduates from nursing programs in Quebec say working conditions in the province's public health-care system are pushing them into the private sector, further ex...
Aug 15, 2021
Property insurers update risk modelling as Canada braces for climate impacts
VANCOUVER - The estimated $78 million in insured property damage from the wildfire that devastated the community of Lytton, B.C., in June is a fraction of the rising costs of disasters fuelled by clim...
Aug 15, 2021
Trudeau expected to visit Governor General, trigger early, pandemic-era election
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to set the gears in motion today for a federal election. He's set to visit Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to ask her to dissolve Parliament and call a vote for...
Aug 15, 2021
12 killed in overnight grenade attack in southern Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - The death toll from an overnight grenade attack on a truck carrying women and children in Karachi rose to 12 on Sunday. Attackers targeted the truck on Saturday evening as it ...
Aug 15, 2021
Powerful quake adds to Haiti's misery, killing at least 304
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) - A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake added to the misery in Haiti, killing at least 304 people, injuring a minimum of 1,800 others and destroying hundreds of homes. People in th...
Aug 15, 2021