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Toronto hospital for HIV-AIDS patients doubles capacity after major redevelopment
TORONTO - A group of HIV positive chefs will run a first-of-its-kind pop-up restaurant to combat the stigma faced by people living with the illness. The pop-up is part of a campaign launched by Toront...
Oct 25, 2017
Lawyers for Quebec City mosque shooting suspect oppose release of warrants
QUEBEC - Lawyers for a man accused of killing six men at a mosque in Quebec City last January are appealing a lower court decision to have certain confidential documents made accessible to the media. ...
Oct 25, 2017
'We deserve to know why:' Questions remain as man sentenced for killing wife
REGINA - A Saskatchewan man who has never explained why he shot and killed his wife was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with no chance at parole for 17 years. John Strang was originally charged ...
Oct 25, 2017
'Very risky': Low-flying helicopter pilot didn't see cables before deadly crash
A caffeine-fuelled helicopter pilot who flew low along the treetops of a picturesque New Brunswick river likely never saw unmarked power lines before a 2016 crash that killed a prominent Quebec singer...
Oct 25, 2017
Texas House speaker who slowed conservative agenda retires
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas’ moderate Republican House speaker abruptly announced his retirement Wednesday, clearing the way for the ruling GOP in the nation’s largest conservative state to lurc...
Oct 25, 2017
London exhibition 'Age of Terror' explores art since 9-11
LONDON - A new London exhibition about art since 9-11 begins with images - both familiar and shocking - of the devastated Twin Towers in New York. The Imperial War Museum’s “Age of Terror ...
Oct 25, 2017
Meal replacement company Soylent has imports blocked in Canada
Soylent, the meal replacement drink that’s been called both “the future of food” in breathless headlines and “the end of food” by the New Yorker, can no longer be sold in...
Oct 25, 2017
Bill Morneau to talk to ethics watchdog about his personal fortune
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau said he will go out of his way to reassure Canadians his personal fortune will not get in the way of his job, but his political rivals are not about to let thing...
Oct 25, 2017
CAPP: Grande Prairie well positioned in the oil and gas industry
The state of the oil and natural gas industry was discussed in Grande Prairie yesterday. Chris Montgomery with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers says while this year rebounded by 20 perc...
Oct 25, 2017
Fatal collision north of Fairview Tuesday
A 78-year-old man from Fairview has died after the truck he was driving collided with a gravel truck north of Fairview Tuesday. It happened just after 11 a.m. at the intersection of Township Road 824 ...
Oct 25, 2017