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Dozens of lawyers call for suspension of extradition with France over Diab case
OTTAWA - More than 100 legal professionals are asking Canada to suspend its extradition treaty with France over concerns "an innocent man" could face trial there in a terrorism case. In May, a French ...
Sep 14, 2021
BUH Foundation celebrates 25th year of Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament
The Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation held their 25th annual Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament Monday at North Battleford Golf and Country Club. The day marked the first time in two years the ...
Sep 14, 2021
Officials too quick to blame COVID-19 for deaths at Montreal care home: witness
MONTREAL - An auxiliary nurse told a coroner's inquest today that health authorities were too quick to blame COVID-19 for deaths in a Montreal-area long-term care home when some of them were in fact c...
Sep 14, 2021
Series of tight election races across Canada could be determined by postal votes
OTTAWA - People voting by mail could play a crucial role in deciding the outcome of the Sept. 20 federal election. Postal votes could dictate which party wins in a series of closely fought ridings whe...
Sep 14, 2021
O'Toole makes pitch to working parents with Tories' 'flexible' child-care plan
RUSSELL, Ont. - Erin O'Toole repeated his plan on Tuesday to scrap Liberal child-care deals signed with provinces in favour of a refundable tax credit, saying the Conservative approach will give a big...
Sep 14, 2021
O'Toole mum on how many immigrants he would bring, promises tougher border measures
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is promising to speed up processing of family reunification and skilled workers' immigration applications without saying whether he would maintain the Liberal...
Sep 14, 2021
Desmond inquiry: focus of hearings shifts to examination of domestic violence
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - A Nova Scotia inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed his family and himself in 2017 turned its attention today to the issue of domestic violence. The executive direc...
Sep 14, 2021
N.S. family who perished in trailer fire were busy and boisterous: neighbour
AMHERST, N.S. - A mother, father and four children who perished in a fire inside their vacation trailer are being recalled as an active, boisterous family by a friend who rented them the Amherst, N.S....
Sep 14, 2021
Calgary firm advances new trial, manufacturing of mRNA vaccine for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Calgary-based Providence Therapeutics says it has signed two contracts to have its developmental mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 manufactured in Canada. The company says it has signed a $90-million...
Sep 14, 2021
Highway 40 closed, large vehicle theft near Frenchman Butte
Update: Highway 40 near Neilburg is now open.Cut Knife RCMP are advising motorists to avoid Highway 40 east of Neilburg.The lanes are closed from Freemont Road to Winter Road, five kilometres east of ...
Sep 14, 2021