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Long lineups at Calgary jobs fair for positions at new airport terminal
CALGARY - There are long lineups in Calgary as people wait to apply for service jobs at a new international airport terminal that is to open this fall. Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate in ...
Aug 17, 2016
Toronto Argonauts remove veteran quarterback Ray from six-game injured list
TORONTO - Ricky Ray is back with the Toronto Argonauts. The Argos removed Ray from the six-game injured list and the veteran quarterback was throwing to receivers at practice Wednesday. Toronto put Ra...
Aug 17, 2016
The Tory leadership race: who is in, out and still testing the waters
OTTAWA - The list of those interested in running for leadership of the Conservative party continues to lengthen, with former MP Andrew Saxton’s name being the latest to surface. Here’s a l...
Aug 17, 2016
Canada aims to spread Chinese immigrants across country: John McCallum
VANCOUVER - Canada’s immigration minister says it appears the country needs more newcomers, but as housing prices skyrocket in Vancouver and Toronto his government hopes to lure them elsewhere. ...
Aug 17, 2016
Former B.C. MP latest to solicit support for possible Tory leadership run
OTTAWA - A defeated Conservative MP is considering a political comeback - running for leadership of his party. Andrew Saxton, who lost his North Vancouver, B.C. seat last fall, is the latest Tory test...
Aug 17, 2016
Renowned B.C. garden ejects U.S. couple for dressing in Victorian-era garb
SAANICH, B.C. - A Washington state couple says they knew they’d face the occasional unanticipated challenge when they began adopting a Victorian-era lifestyle seven years ago, but they never exp...
Aug 17, 2016
Quebec man wraps up 3,200-kilometre trek down Yukon River
On the last leg of his 3,200-kilometre voyage down the Yukon River on a riverboard, Denis Morin was moved to tears. He had stopped for a day to rest in Mountain Village, Alaska, a reservation of less ...
Aug 17, 2016
Richardson International Invests $120-Million into Local Canola Plant
LETHBRIDGE: Richardson International is making another huge investment into its Lethbridge facility. In 2012, the company finished a $15-million expansion of the local canola packaging plant, increasi...
Aug 17, 2016
Official: California wildfire in 2015 sparked by pot farm
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A fire that destroyed 43 homes last year in a largely rural area north of San Francisco was sparked by an illegal marijuana growing operation, officials said Wednesday, while the ...
Aug 17, 2016
Liberal cabinet ordered to boycott ex-Liberal minister Normandeau's radio show
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard is ordering members of his cabinet to boycott the radio show of a former Liberal minister charged with fraud. A directive from his office prohibits cabinet ministers ...
Aug 17, 2016