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Hydro-Quebec aiming to get remaining 40,000 without power back on grid by Tuesday
MONTREAL - Hydro-Quebec says it is aiming to have all of the roughly 40,000 customers still without power Monday afternoon reconnected to the grid by Tuesday. The 1,400 employees w...
Nov 06, 2019
Squamish Nation-led housing project in Vancouver to double in size
VANCOUVER - One of the largest Indigenous-led urban development projects in Canada that proponents hope will rise in the heart of Vancouver is set to double in size with 6,000 units pla...
Nov 06, 2019
Leafs fan, 11, gets massive Twitter response to disappointing birthday
CORNER BROOK, N.L. - Some high-profile athletes are rallying around a young Toronto Maple Leafs fan after the boy's dad tweeted that the 11-year-old had a disappointing birthday. Leafs forwards M...
Nov 06, 2019
Court to hear case on whether asylum agreement with U.S. violates charter
Dozens of protesters gathered outside a federal court on Monday called for Canada's asylum agreement with the United States to be suspended, arguing the U.S. is not a safe country for r...
Nov 06, 2019
Black man beaten by men, including off-duty Toronto cop, to testify at trial
OSHAWA, Ont. - A young black man who prosecutors allege was beaten by an off-duty Toronto police officer and the officer's brother nearly three years ago is expected to testify today at the two men's ...
Nov 06, 2019
House Democrat Richard Neal talks new NAFTA with Liberals in Ottawa today
OTTAWA - An influential American lawmaker is in Ottawa today for meetings with the Trudeau Liberals on the push to ratify the new North American free trade deal. Richard Neal, chairman ...
Nov 06, 2019
Liberal Tucson, Arizona rejects plan to be sanctuary city
TUCSON, Ariz. - After Arizona passed a law that required local police to check the immigration status of people suspected to be in the country illegally, the state's second-largest city wanted to send...
Nov 06, 2019
North Stars show horsepower in 3-0 blanking of Broncos
It is said that 13 is an unlucky number, but for the Battlefords North Stars, the number suits them just fine. The Stars blanked the rival Humboldt Broncos 3-0 Tuesday night at the Civic Centre, to ea...
Nov 06, 2019 Stars’ goaltender, Parker Rey is congratulated by captain, Matthew Fletcher after stopping all 34 shots he faced on the night to earn his second shutout in his last two starts. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Police: Attack kills 15 at southern Thailand security post
HATYAI, Thailand - Gunmen fired at security personnel at checkpoints in Thailand's insurgency-wracked south, killing 15 volunteer officers and wounding five others, police said Wednesday. Some of the ...
Nov 06, 2019
Matthew Tkachuk scores OT winner for Flames in 4-3 victory over Coyotes
CALGARY - Matthew Tkachuk scored the overtime winner for the Calgary Flames in a 4-3 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday. Trailing 3-1 late in the third period, Calgary's Tkachu...
Nov 05, 2019