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Tories promise new parents on leave could earn up to $1,000 without losing EI benefit
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives promised Monday to let new parents earn up to $1,000 per month without it affecting their maternity or parental leave payments. The pledge builds on Tory Leader Erin...
Sep 13, 2021
Desmond inquiry: Nova Scotia firearms official testifies about better communication
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Nova Scotia's chief firearms officer told an inquiry today that communications with his colleagues in other provinces have improved since a former soldier fatally shot his fami...
Sep 13, 2021
Oklahoma board urges governor to commute death sentence
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole Board on Monday recommended the governor commute the death sentence of Julius Jones, who has maintained his innocence in a 1999 killing that has garne...
Sep 13, 2021
Lethbridge College cancels Coulee Fest due to COVID-19
LETHBRIDGE, AB - "In light of rapidly rising COVID-19 cases in Alberta, Lethbridge College has made the decision to cancel this year's Coulee Fest," the press release reads.The fest was originally goi...
Sep 13, 2021
Raj Saini stands to gain $93,000 payoff — but no pension — after standing down
OTTAWA - Raj Saini stands to walk away with a $93,000 "golden goodbye" after standing down as a Liberal candidate. The former MP for Kitchener Centre stepped down after facing allegations that he hara...
Sep 13, 2021
Raj Saini stands to gain $93,000 payoff — but no pension — after standing down
OTTAWA - Raj Saini stands to walk away with a $93,000 "golden goodbye" after standing down as a Liberal candidate. The former MP for Kitchener Centre stepped down after facing allegations that he hara...
Sep 13, 2021
Staff, supplies lacking at Résidence Herron before the pandemic, Quebec coroner hears
MONTREAL - A nurse told a Quebec coroner's inquest today that a Montreal-area long-term care home where dozens of people died during the first wave of COVID-19 was understaffed and lacked proper equip...
Sep 13, 2021
Blind lawyer says lack of accessible, private voting options violates Charter
OTTAWA - David Lepofsky was not able to mark his choice independently on the mail-in ballot Elections Canada sent to him because he is blind. He opted to not vote in person with his wife because she h...
Sep 13, 2021
CP NewsAlert: RCMP say family of six dead in camper fire in rural Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - Six members of a family have died in a fire Sunday evening in a travel trailer in rural Nova Scotia. The RCMP say firefighters were called to Mountain Road in Millvale, N.S., Sunday evening ...
Sep 13, 2021
Survivors of 2006 Dawson College shooting urge voters not to pick Conservatives
MONTREAL - Survivors and families of victims of the 2006 Dawson College shooting are warning voters against picking the Conservatives in the Sept. 20 federal election. The appeal comes on the 15th ann...
Sep 13, 2021