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Gord Downie sculpture unveiled at Halifax City Hall's reconciliation space
HALIFAX - A Gord Downie tribute sculpture has been unveiled at Halifax City Hall, in a room that aims to foster conversations about Indigenous history and reconciliation. The sculpture was created by ...
Mar 15, 2019
Ground broken for long-awaited LAX people mover system
LOS ANGELES - It’s been talked about for years, and now construction is underway on a people mover to carry travellers in and out of Los Angeles International Airport. City officials broke groun...
Mar 15, 2019
Media industry anxious for news in budget on federal plan to support journalism
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is due to deliver an update to its plan to support journalism in next week’s budget but Ottawa’s recent silence on the file has stoked concerns in the media...
Mar 15, 2019
TSB reduces tally of oil spilled by CN freight train in rural Manitoba
WINNIPEG - Investigators have reduced their tally of how much oil spilled when a Canadian National freight train derailed last month on a western Manitoba ranch. Earlier this month, the Transportation...
Mar 15, 2019
Team Jacobs and longtime third Ryan Fry to part ways at end of curling season
Ryan Fry’s arrival on Team Brad Jacobs seven years ago helped push the rink to curling’s greatest heights. His departure will come at the end of a season that included significant challeng...
Mar 15, 2019
UCP promising to cut minimum wage if elected
Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says a government led by him after a spring election would cut the minimum wage for young workers to create more jobs. Kenney says the United Conservatives would...
Mar 15, 2019
Jozy Altidore set to return for Toronto FC home opener against New England
TORONTO - Alejandro Pozuelo has yet to arrive but Toronto FC should get Jozy Altidore back on the field for Sunday’s home opener against the New England Revolution. Altidore, who underwent ankle...
Mar 15, 2019
Curtailment uncertainty has Imperial Oil slowing $2.6 billion project
Uncertainty over the Alberta government’s oil production curtailment program and other challenges is expected to delay a major oilsands project by at least a year. Imperial Oil says it’s s...
Mar 15, 2019
Liberals urged to follow U.S. jurisdictions to expunge cannabis records
OTTAWA - The Liberal government should follow the lead of American jurisdictions that have moved to erase criminal records for simple cannabis possession, says NDP justice critic Murray Rankin. In lat...
Mar 15, 2019
QuickQuotes: Canadian reactions to New Zealand mosque attacks
Canadians were quick to speak out against the attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand that left at least 49 people dead. Here is a selection of quotes: --- “Canada condemns this attac...
Mar 15, 2019