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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
Lethbridge Library’s Word On The Street festival goes virtual this year
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lethbridge Public Library's 'The Word on The Street' festival is carrying on.However, the annual initiative will take place primarily online this ye...
Sep 13, 2021
Singh criticizes Trudeau's "broken promises" on drinking water for First Nations
SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says no excuse is acceptable for the Liberals' failure to deliver on their 2015 promise to lift all drinking water advisories in First Nations communitie...
Sep 13, 2021
Egypt says Israeli prime minister to visit, hold talks
CAIRO (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is to visit Egypt on Monday for talks with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt's office of the ...
Sep 13, 2021
Leaders in Ontario and B.C. as campaign enters final week
OTTAWA - The three main federal party leaders are focused on Ontario and British Columbia today as the election campaign heads into its final week. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is returning to Vancou...
Sep 13, 2021
Politicians issue warnings ahead of hospital protests expected across Canada
Some high-ranking Ontario politicians and prominent health-care organizations are issuing warnings ahead of a number of protests expected to take place at hospitals across Canada today. An organizatio...
Sep 13, 2021
Benzema hat trick as Madrid makes winning return to Bernabeu
MADRID (AP) - Vincius Jnior sent his low shot into the net and rushed to the sideline, jumping over the barrier and going into the stands to be quickly engulfed by Real Madrid fans. It was a scene tha...
Sep 12, 2021