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TC Energy makes $2 billion offer to take over U.S. pipeline partnership
CALGARY - Pipeline and power company TC Energy Corp. is moving to buy out the other unitholders in TC PipeLines, LP, a U.S. master limited partnership it operates, for about US$1.48 billion (C$1.97 bi...
Oct 05, 2020
Number of new COVID-19 cases in Quebec hits highest level since pandemic began
MONTREAL - Health officials in Quebec are reporting 1,191 new COVID-19 cases today, the highest single-day total since the beginning of the pandemic. That brings the total number of confirmed cases in...
Oct 05, 2020
Greens slam other parties for refusing to show 'leader's courtesy' to Annamie Paul
OTTAWA - Former Green leader Elizabeth May slammed the New Democrats this morning for refusing stand down their candidate in a coming byelection so the first Black woman elected to lead a federal part...
Oct 05, 2020
Grande Prairie RCMP looking for woman missing since September
The Grande Prairie RCMP is asking the public for assistance in locating 40-year-old Kristen Jackman, who was last seen in the Grande Prairie area on Sunday, September 6.She is described as 5'1" tall, ...
Oct 05, 2020
York 9 winger Michael Petrasso joins England's Barnet on season-long loan
TORONTO - Winger Michael Petrasso, who signed a new two-year deal with York 9 FC of the Canadian Premier League last week, is headed to England on a season-long loan with Barnet FC.Barnet plays in the...
Oct 05, 2020
New Brunswick First Nations filing lawsuit to seek Aboriginal title
FREDERICTON - Six First Nations in New Brunswick announced today they will be filing a lawsuit seeking title to their traditional lands in New Brunswick, which include much of the western half of the ...
Oct 05, 2020
Toronto Maple Leafs bring back veteran centre Jason Spezza on another one-day deal
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed centre Jason Spezza to a one-year, US$700,000 contract extension. It marks the second straight one-year deal at the NHL minimum with the Leafs for the 37-...
Oct 05, 2020
Five-year-old Canadian orphan in Syrian camp set free, will come to Canada
OTTAWA - A five-year-old Canadian girl stuck inside Syria after her family was killed in an airstrike is being allowed to leave the country. Foreign Affairs Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne s...
Oct 05, 2020
U of A researcher shares Nobel prize for hepatitis C virus discovery
STOCKHOLM - British scientist Michael Houghton, who works at the University of Alberta, and Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Mon...
Oct 05, 2020
U of A researcher shares Nobel prize for hepatitis C virus discovery
STOCKHOLM - British scientist Michael Houghton, who works at the University of Alberta, and Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Mon...
Oct 05, 2020