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Liberal staffers removing anti-carbon tax stickers, minister charges
TORONTO - Liberal staffers are peeling government-mandated anti-carbon tax stickers off of gas pumps, Ontario Energy Minister Greg Rickford said Tuesday, insisting that disappearin...
Oct 29, 2019
Fugitive Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont officially denied entry into Canada
MONTREAL - The lawyer for the fugitive Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont says his client has been officially refused entry into Canada. Stephane Handfield said Puigdemont learned today an im...
Oct 29, 2019
Gnabry, Müller save Bayern from German Cup upset in Bochum
BERLIN - Serge Gnabry and Thomas Mller scored late to help Bayern Munich avoid an upset and beat second-division Bochum 2-1 in the German Cup on Tuesday. An own goal from Canadian teen Alphonso Davies...
Oct 29, 2019
Frustration rises amid another round of California blackouts
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - With no electricity for the fourth straight day Tuesday, chef and caterer Jane Sykes realized she would have to throw out $1,000 worth of food, including trays of brownies, cupcak...
Oct 29, 2019
Republic of Korea honours local veterans for their service during Korean War
KAMLOOPS - It was a ceremony 66 years in the making. Seven Korean War veterans and their families were honoured for the service they provided to the Canadian Armed Forces during the three-year battle ...
Oct 29, 2019 Seven veterans and their families were celebrated on Monday night for their contributions in the Korean War (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Alberta asking arbitrators to cut public service pay by two per cent
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is seeking wage rollbacks as binding arbitration gets set to resume with more than 180,000 public sector workers. Finance Minister Travis Toews says the government wi...
Oct 29, 2019
John Conyers, longest serving black congressman, dies at 90
DETROIT - Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in ...
Oct 29, 2019
Aced out: Scherzer scratched, Nats fall behind Astros 3-2
WASHINGTON - Max Scherzer walked stiffly into the interview room, a bandage on the back of the Washington star pitcher's neck telegraphing trouble. He had hoped to beat the Astros for the second time ...
Oct 29, 2019
Man in critical condition after he was tasered by RCMP in Malakwa
MALAKWA, B.C. - A police incident in which an Okanagan man went into medical distress after being tasered is being investigated by the B.C. Independent Investigations Office (IIO).Sicamous RCMP say th...
Oct 29, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Alberta tables climate plan for industry; retains key parts of old legislation
EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a new climate plan for the province's big greenhouse gas emitters that it says will achieve similar emissions cuts as the former NDP government's plan and at less cos...
Oct 29, 2019 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
