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'A mess out here:' Manitoba farmers struggling with wet crops after snowstorm
WINNIPEG - More Manitoba residents saw their electricity restored Thursday - one week after a major snowstorm brought down power poles and transmission towers and delivered another wallop to...
Oct 19, 2019
GM workers to stay on picket line until vote on new contract
DETROIT - Striking General Motors workers will stay on the picket lines for at least another week until they vote on a tentative contract with the company. Factory-level officials from the United Auto...
Oct 19, 2019
Quebec ticket claims Friday night's $32 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - This has been a lucrative weekend for someone in Quebec.A single ticket sold in the province claimed the $32 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.The jackpot for the next draw on...
Oct 19, 2019 (Image Credit: The Canadian Press)
Week in Review — Week of October 14, 2019
Welcome to Week in Review. A look at the highs and lows of cannabis legalization one year later.The owner of a stolen truck goes on a dangerous, wild ride after taking matters into his own hands. And ...
Oct 19, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Quebec man found guilty of first-degree murder in slaying of ex-wife, stranger
ST-JEROME, Que. - A Quebec man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2017 stabbing death of his ex-wife and the fatal beating of an elderly stranger in order to ...
Oct 19, 2019
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
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
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
ROTHENBURGER: Don’t worry about the turnout, think first, then vote
FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING, I'm going to get up and drive to my designated polling station. It's a small polling station; very few people vote there so it likely won't be crowded.It will take only a f...
Oct 19, 2019 (Image Credit: Kent Simmonds)
