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Rain, snow, freezing rain set B.C. up for soggy, sloppy, slippery start to 2020
VANCOUVER - Rain, snowfall and even freezing rain warnings cover many parts of British Columbia as the province prepares to welcome 2020 with some nasty weather. Environment Canada is calling for as m...
Dec 31, 2019
Sharon Stone's dating profile restored after being blocked
LOS ANGELES - Sharon Stone can now return to mingling on Bumble without being kicked off the dating app. A Bumble spokesperson said in a statement Monday that Stone's profile has been restored after i...
Dec 31, 2019
New industry develops around sucking carbon dioxide out of atmosphere
Somewhere in west Texas, amid one of the most productive oilfields in the continent, a Canadian company is building a plant that it hopes will eventually suck from the air a million tonnes of car...
Dec 31, 2019
US home prices gains accelerate in October for 2nd month
WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices rose faster in October than the previous month as many would-be buyers competed for a limited supply of available properties. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city h...
Dec 31, 2019
CP NewsAlert: Canadian men's hockey team captures Spengler Cup
DAVOS, Switzerland - Canada has won the Spengler Cup for the fourth time in the past five years. The national men's hockey team defeated Trinec Ocelari of the Czech Republic 4-0 in the final of t...
Dec 31, 2019
Year-End Interview: Mayor Bill Given reflects on the 2019 year
The City of Grande Prairie saw some major events in 2019, and Mayor Bill Given says it was really a year of change."I would really see 2019 as a year of change in a lot of ways for our overall communi...
Dec 31, 2019 Photo: EverythingGP Staff
Quebec's pot age and Sask.'s microdistillery industry; In The News for Dec. 31
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 31. What we are watching in Canada ... MO...
Dec 31, 2019
Saskatchewan microdistilleries focus on homegrown recipes for spirits
REGINA - The grains grown in Saskatchewan's fertile farmland have become the not-so-secret ingredient behind some one-of-a-kind vodka, gin and whisky. In recent years, microdistilling i...
Dec 31, 2019
Quebec raising legal age for cannabis to 21, the strictest in the country
MONTREAL - Quebecers under the age of 21 won't be able to buy or possess recreational cannabis as of Wednesday, ushering in the toughest age restrictions in the country since pot was legaliz...
Dec 31, 2019
Trump signs law to reduce robocalls, though they won't end
NEW YORK - An anti-robocalls measure signed into law Monday by President Donald Trump should help reduce the torrent of unwanted calls promising lower interest rates or pretending to be the IRS, thoug...
Dec 31, 2019