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Saskatchewan election day: Voters go to the polls after four-week pandemic campaign
REGINA - Saskatchewan voters choose today which leader will steer the province through the rest of the COVID-19 pandemic, and whatever unforeseen challenges lie ahead following election day. Pol...
Oct 26, 2020

Albertans invited to discuss how province's Heritage Fund should be utilized
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta is inviting residents to talk about the future of the province's trust fund and where its money should go.At 7:00 pm on Thursday, October 29, you can take part...
Oct 26, 2020

Province announces new immigration streams, changes to Temporary Foreign Worker program
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta is launching two new immigration pathways to attract investment and create new jobs in the province.Starting October 26, recent international graduates from un...
Oct 26, 2020

Compassion not conversion needed for those struggling with sexuality: Tory MP Duncan
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Eric Duncan says as a proud gay man who lives in rural Ontario, he needs to speak up against a practice of trying to force someone to change their sexuality. Duncan led ...
Oct 26, 2020

GOP US Senate candidate Jason Lewis rushed into surgery
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis was rushed into emergency surgery Monday for a severe internal hernia, just eight days before the election, his campaign announced....
Oct 26, 2020

Federal and provincial governments team for green infrastructure funding
CALGARY, AB - The governments of Canada and Alberta have come together to invest in green infrastructure projects across the prairie province.Funding has been announced for eight different projects in...
Oct 26, 2020

Canada rugby coach takes emotional journey to New Zealand for father's funeral
Two quarantines and a 22,550-kilometre round-trip to New Zealand. Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones has been on an emotional journey of late. Just getting the green light to attend his father's funera...
Oct 26, 2020

PM says budget update won't have fiscal anchor, suggests one coming after crisis over
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government's promised update on the health of its finances won't have a specific anchor to keep spending from spiralling out of control.He says official...
Oct 26, 2020

Toronto company's new app aims to help U.S. voters assess polling station conditions
WASHINGTON, Wash. - As voter turnout in the U.S. stalks new records, a Toronto entrepreneur is hoping his new app will help ease the anxiety that comes with casting a ballot in 2020. Users of th...
Oct 26, 2020

Report warns taxpayers are spending more on privatized Defence Department services
OTTAWA - Two unions representing Canadian defence employees are calling on the federal government to stop privatizing National Defence services. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Union of ...
Oct 26, 2020