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Leaders pour it on with rallies, boosts for candidates as campaign reaches peak
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has a marathon day of campaigning ahead, starting early this morning near Niagara Falls, Ont., and ending with a late-night rally in Calgary after a stop in Winn...
Oct 19, 2019
Bail hearing in RCMP secrets case to conclude with final submissions
OTTAWA - Final submissions will be made Friday at a bail hearing for Cameron Jay Ortis, a senior RCMP official accused of breaching Canada's official-secrets law. Ortis, 47, is charged with&...
Oct 19, 2019
Trudeau sidesteps questions about Obama, pleads for progressive votes in Quebec
TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. - Justin Trudeau would not say Thursday whether his team asked former U.S. president Barack Obama to endorse his bid to remain prime minister, which came as the Liberals fight har...
Oct 19, 2019
Prison needle use should be supervised to ensure safety, guards say
OTTAWA - Setting up supervised injection sites at federal institutions is the way to go if the Correctional Service plans to continue making needles available to drug-using inmates, prison g...
Oct 19, 2019
Friday's Scoreboard
Scores from Friday.WHL Lethbridge 2, Regina 1Calgary 7, Moose Jaw 3Victoria 4, Swift Current 0Everett 5, Tri-City 1Kamloops 6, Vancouver 0Prince George 2, Spokane 1Edmonton 5, Red Deer 1Brandon 3, Sea...
Oct 19, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff).
Conservatives, Liberals in tight race in crucial Milton riding
MILTON, Ont. - Lisa Raitt is bracing for a late night on Monday, knowing the race in her southwestern Ontario riding of Milton is likely to be a nail-biter. With the federal election just days away, t...
Oct 19, 2019
Facts and numbers about the federal riding of Milton
MILTON, Ont. - Milton Conservative Party deputy leader Lisa Raitt will face Liberal star candidate Adam van Koeverden for the right to represent this growing riding west of Toronto. Prime Minister Jus...
Oct 19, 2019
Placido Domingo's European cultural award delayed
MILAN - Placido Domingo will not receive a European cultural award this weekend in Vienna as previously announced. It was the first change in the opera legend's European schedule since numerous accusa...
Oct 19, 2019
'A failing grade:' First Nations say Scheer absent in his Saskatchewan riding
REGINA - First Nations chiefs in Andrew Scheer's home riding say they haven't seen much of him in advance of Monday's federal vote, and feel like they're not a priority f...
Oct 19, 2019
City approves Innovation Credit Union for banking services
North Battleford lawmakers agreed to go with Innovation Credit Union for its banking services for the next five years.Finance Director Steve Brown said all three proposals received from Innovation Cre...
Oct 19, 2019 North Battleford City Hall approved a new agreement for its banking services. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)