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Supreme Court sides with Ontario in dispute over property survey copyright
OTTAWA - A Supreme Court of Canada decision has put the brakes on a class-action suit over the rights to property surveys in Ontario. In 2007, Keatley Surveying Ltd. brought the ac...
Sep 26, 2019

AP Interview: Karzai says Afghan election threatens peace
KABUL - A presidential election that is days away in Afghanistan threatens the troubled nation's best chance of making peace with the Taliban and ending 18 years of war, former President Hamid Karzai ...
Sep 26, 2019

City of Lethbridge lends support to second new west side elementary school
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge's four west side elementary schools are over capacity and proposals are in place to build another two.Each would have the capacity for another 600 students and are expected...
Sep 26, 2019 Lethbridge School Division office. (Lethbridge News Now)

"How cool is that?" - DeBues-Stafford has three running legends cheering her on
Gabriela DeBues-Stafford was a fierce five-foot-three bundle of energy when Lynn Kanuka got to know her four years ago at the Summer Universiade. The Canadian track legend saw something of herself in ...
Sep 26, 2019

Domingo focus shifts to California, the last of his US shows
SAN FRANCISCO - With the Metropolitan Opera's bombshell announcement that Plcido Domingo will not take the Met stage this week - and possibly ever again - the legendary singer's only scheduled U.S. ap...
Sep 26, 2019

Conservatives pledge review of tax system to ease headaches for small businesses
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is pledging to undo changes to the tax system that led to a near war between small business and the Liberal government two years ago. "No gover...
Sep 26, 2019

Whistleblower complaint says Trump abused power
WASHINGTON - A secret whistleblower complaint at the centre of an impeachment inquiry alleges that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to "solicit interference from a foreign country...
Sep 26, 2019

Doctor growth in Canada more than doubles population increase over last 5 years
VICTORIA - The number of doctors in Canada is growing at a rate more than double that of the population, says a report by the Canadian Institute of Health Information. Canada's population increased by...
Sep 26, 2019

Quebec First Nation challenging commercial lobster fishing limits
LISTUGUJ, Que. - An Indigenous band in eastern Quebec is challenging the limits of its commercial fishing licence, saying the federal government should allow its members to sell lobster caught during ...
Sep 26, 2019

Liberals say one-fourth of land and ocean waters to be protected by 2025
SUDBURY, Ont. - The federal Liberals say one-fourth of Canada's land will be given protected status over the next six years if they are re-elected. Leader Justin Trudeau is also promising to protect o...
Sep 26, 2019