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Quebec coalition of businesses and unions in favour of Energy East pipeline
MONTREAL - A coalition of business groups and large unions came out together in defence of TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline project Friday and said it will spur economic development and job cr...
Aug 26, 2016

Photo of separated elderly couple draws attention to bed shortage in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Every time the elevator doors open at Wolfram Gottschalk’s care home and he sees his wife of 62 years, the couple’s granddaughter says he always reacts the same way. The 83-yea...
Aug 26, 2016
Mom convicted of killing girl whose body was found in ravine
PITTSBURGH - A woman who wrote on Facebook that “Mommy loves you, my angel” after her 3-year-old daughter was found dead in a ravine in a neighbouring suburb was convicted Friday of killin...
Aug 26, 2016
Billionaire Richard Branson survives bike crash
LONDON - Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson said Friday he thought he was going to die after flying head first off his bicycle in the British Virgin Islands. The Virgin Group boss hit a hump in ...
Aug 26, 2016
Alberta's Notley says budget plan is working but she'll alter if need be
EDMONTON - Premier Rachel Notley says her government will stick with its economic plan despite a budget deficit of almost $11 billion, but will alter course if necessary. Notley made the comments Frid...
Aug 26, 2016
Three plead guilty on terrorism-related charges after planning to join ISIL
OTTAWA - Three Ottawa men who debated committing a domestic terrorist attack, but instead decided to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, pleaded guilty on Friday to terrorism-related offenc...
Aug 26, 2016

Five things Canadians can take away from Stephen Harper's time in politics
OTTAWA - Stephen Harper, Canada’s 22nd prime minister, officially left political life Friday by resigning his seat in the House of Commons. Here are five ways he’s changed politics in Cana...
Aug 26, 2016
Turkey urged to prove that former ambassador to Canada had ties to failed coup
OTTAWA - Supporters of Turkey’s former ambassador to Canada are calling on the Turkish government to prove he was linked to a failed coup attempt last month or let him go free. Tuncay Babali was...
Aug 26, 2016

Some of what was said Friday about Stephen Harper's decision to resign seat
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper resigned his House of Commons seat Friday. Some quotes: “As I bid farewell to the Parliament of Canada and prepare for the next chapter of my life, ...
Aug 26, 2016
Ontario man undergoing treatment after bite from rabid cat
HALDIMAND COUNTY, Ont. - Health officials say an Ontario man is undergoing treatment after being bitten by a cat that tested positive for rabies. The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit says it was notified...
Aug 26, 2016