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Celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary, wife sued in deadly boat crash
TORONTO - A fatal boat crash on an Ontario lake this summer has prompted a wrongful death lawsuit against celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary and his wife Linda O'Leary, who was dr...
Nov 08, 2019

Scheer survives leadership review by MPs, but now must take his case on the road
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer emerged from a marathon caucus meeting Wednesday, declaring that Conservative MPs are united behind his leadership after they declined to give themselves the power to ...
Nov 08, 2019

Montreal borough can restrict fast food restaurants for health reasons: court
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge has upheld a Montreal borough's bylaw that limits where new fast food restaurants can open as part of a broader health initiative. The decision last month from Queb...
Nov 08, 2019

Officer says she noticed nothing unusual with man who died in Halifax jail cell
HALIFAX - A special constable facing criminal charges in an inmate's death testified she didn't notice anything unusual about the prisoner as she checked on him in his cell. Const. Cheryl Gardner told...
Nov 08, 2019

Provincial police teaming up with Montreal force to battle organized crime
MONTREAL - After recording 17 organized crime-related killings in the greater Montreal area since Jan 1., Quebec and Montreal police announced Wednesday the creation of a permanent mixed squad de...
Nov 08, 2019

Halifax museum honours legacy of former member of Canadian-U.S. Black Devils
HALIFAX - A new museum exhibit was unveiled today honouring a Nova Scotia member of a famed Canada-U.S. army unit during the Second World War known as the Black Devils. Herb Peppard of Truro...
Nov 08, 2019

17.29% in AHS' South Zone have received flu shots
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released its first weekly update on the 2019/2020 influenza season.As of Friday, November 8th, 52,998 people in the South Zone have been immunized against ...
Nov 08, 2019 Influenza clinic in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Veteran defensive end Bowman back in CFL playoffs with Montreal Alouettes
He's back in the CFL playoffs for the first time in five years, still playing at an all-star level, and has a head coach who's making him feel more than a decade younger. But even all that's...
Nov 08, 2019

Alberta alters rules on oil production limits to spur more conventional drilling
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the government is adjusting its rules on oil production limits to give producers incentive to drill more conventional wells. Sonya Savage says, star...
Nov 08, 2019

Alberta alters rules on oil production limits to spur more conventional drilling
EDMONTON -- Alberta's energy minister says the government is adjusting its rules on oil production limits to give producers incentive to drill more conventional wells.Sonya Savage says, starting immed...
Nov 08, 2019 Pipeline installation -- The Canadian Press