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As fires rage and storms churn, climate and U.S. campaign on collision course
WASHINGTON - Climate change and presidential politics are again on a collision course in the United States. Joe Biden is taking the climate-crisis fight to Donald Trump as ferocious wildfires rage up ...
Sep 14, 2020

Tory leader says won't touch Quebec secularism law, supports Bill 101 expansion
MONTREAL - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says Quebec's secularism law and the independence of its legislature should be respected. The Tory leader made the comments today, following a meeting with ...
Sep 14, 2020

Large wildfire in Southeastern B.C. now "being held"
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Firefighters continue to make progress battling a significant wildfire near Canal Flats. B.C. Wildfire Service says the blaze is now classified as "being held", meaning it is not exp...
Sep 14, 2020

Cable of Sea to Sky Gondola near Squamish, B.C., cut again, causing major damage
SQUAMISH, B.C. - The operators of a popular tourist gondola near Squamish, B.C., say the cable of the ride has been severed for the second time. Squamish RCMP say the damage to the Sea to Sk...
Sep 14, 2020

NHL general managers preparing for new economic realities brought on by COVID-19
TORONTO - NHL general managers left their annual March meetings in Florida filled with optimism. The salary cap was projected to hit at least US$84 million in 2020-21 - a bump of $2.5 m...
Sep 14, 2020

Wolfpack players receive 'hardship' payments from rugby league authorities
Toronto Wolfpack players, who have not been paid since June 10, have received a second "hardship payment" from English rugby league authorities. Spokesmen for Super League and the Rugby Football ...
Sep 14, 2020

2018 Florida gubernatorial nominee says he is bisexual
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Andrew Gillum, Florida's Democratic nominee for governor in 2018, told a television interviewer he is bisexual, responding to rumours swirling since March when he was found int...
Sep 14, 2020

312,000 Canadians write to Parliament demanding safe travel & tourism plans
OTTAWA, ONT - Canadians are looking to the federal government to create guidelines to allow for the safe returns of travel and tourism.Over the past few weeks, the National Airlines Council of Canada ...
Sep 14, 2020

More time needed for psych exam for man charged with killing Red Deer doctor
RED DEER, AB - A mental health assessment ordered for a man accused of killing a Red Deer doctor last month has yet to be completed.The five-day psychiatric exam for Deng Mabiour was ordered last Wedn...
Sep 14, 2020

Paris Hilton says she 'feels free' after YouTube documentary
NEW YORK - There's a scene in a new documentary about Paris Hilton, where the so-called socialite is speaking with former classmates from a Utah boarding school. They joke about how on her reality ser...
Sep 14, 2020