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Fiona becomes a hurricane, aims at Puerto Rico
HAVANA (AP) - Fiona strengthened into a hurricane Sunday as it bore down on Puerto Rico, where people braced for severe wind and torrential rains. Forecasters said "historic" levels of rain were expec...
Sep 18, 2022

84 Avenue and 108 Street traffic signal replacement
The City of Grande Prairie will begin a traffic signal planned outage at 84 Avenue and 108 Street on Sunday, September 18.The work includes:Removal of a junction box Removal of existing traffic signal...
Sep 18, 2022

Elections Quebec takes to TikTok, hoping quirky campaign inspires turnout
MONTREAL - Elections Quebec is flipping their usual campaign advertising script in hopes that some fresh messaging will propel more voters out to the polls next month. The province's elections organiz...
Sep 18, 2022

Trudeau meets UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, other world leaders in London
LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with his British counterpart Sunday as world leaders converged on London for Queen Elizabeth's funeral. Trudeau was at 10 Downing Street early in the afterno...
Sep 18, 2022

Day of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral to be observed locally
There will be commemorations Monday to mark the day of the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II in London.On Monday, the Royal Canadian Legion will be remembering the Queen with ceremonies at the cenotaph i...
Sep 18, 2022

Advocates of windfall tax on oil and gas sector can now point to EU for inspiration
OTTAWA - Proponents of imposing a windfall tax on the Canadian oil and gas industry now have another global power setting precedent for the policy. On Wednesday, the European Commission proposed levyi...
Sep 18, 2022

Queen's death leaves questions about vacated military patronage posts
OTTAWA - Queen Elizabeth's death has left more than a dozen Canadian Armed Forces units without a patron, and prompted one expert to question how such appointments will be filled going forward. The De...
Sep 18, 2022

Quebec election: 880 candidates in the running for Oct. 3 election
MONTREAL - Quebec party leaders are fanned out across the province on Day 22 of the election campaign. Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault will be in the Quebec City-area riding of Portneuf,...
Sep 18, 2022

Restoring the culinary and cultural bounty of ancient Indigenous sea gardens in B.C.
SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C. - A family of sea otters emerges from the ocean and rambles up the rocky shoreline, while a great blue heron in search of a meal pokes at a wall of rocks. Fountains of water s...
Sep 18, 2022

Whitecaps beat Sounders for first time in five years to preserve playoff hopes
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps once again kept their playoff hopes alive Saturday with a 2-1 win over the Seattle Sounders. Pedro Vite opened the scoring in the 29th minute and Julian Gressel dou...
Sep 17, 2022