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Forge FC, HFX Wanderers face off Saturday in CPL's Island Games final
The Canadian Premier League's Island Games wrap up in Charlottetown on Saturday with Forge FC bidding to defend its title against a HFX Wanderers side looking to go from worst to first. Eight teams st...
Sep 18, 2020
Federal pay-equity commissioner reappointed, but new national law still not in force
OTTAWA - Canada's first national pay-equity commissioner is having her term extended amid delays getting new pay-equity legislation into action. Karen Jensen was appointed a year ago to the Canadian H...
Sep 18, 2020
Trudeau calls byelections for late October, one day after Liberals name candidates
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called two byelections less than a day after the Liberals named their candidates in each of the Toronto ridings. A short notice from the Prime Minister's Off...
Sep 18, 2020
Montreal should restrict police use of facial recognition technology: councillor
MONTREAL - An opposition councillor in Montreal says he plans to introduce a motion next week that would restrict the use of facial recognition and other surveillance technologies by city police. Marv...
Sep 18, 2020
CFJC Midday - Sunrise Kickoff! United Way gears up for a virtual Campaign Breakfast and a whole lot of local love!
Nick Saxby, United Way's Communications and Marketing Coordinator, shares details of the virtual breakfast event, and talks about the support needed to continue helping non-profits in the region.
Sep 18, 2020
Stanley Cup returns to old Edmonton stomping grounds, but just here for a visit
EDMONTON - Stanley - that squat, barrel-bodied, bowl-topped polished silver mug - is officially back in Edmonton, a place he knew well back in the day. But this time he's here strictly as a guest...
Sep 18, 2020
Oak Hills Elementary to become permanent home for francophone school
KAMLOOPS - The school district that operates all French schools in British Columbia, will be receiving more than $2 million to purchase the former Oak Hills Elementary School from School District 73.c...
Sep 18, 2020
PETERS: Horgan must explain how pandemic election is more than cynical power grab
B.C. POLITICS IS HIGHLY STRANGE AND UNUSUAL and never has that been more apparent than right now.We have an official opposition in a minority situation who is begging the governing party to continue g...
Sep 18, 2020
Lobster protests: Nova Scotia RCMP arrest two at wharf in Weymouth
WEYMOUTH, N.S. - RCMP say two people were arrested Friday and accused of assault at a wharf in western Nova Scotia, where there were reports of ugly confrontations over a First Nation's...
Sep 18, 2020
Province to complete land transfer to Nicola Valley First Nations
MERRITT, B.C. - Nicola Valley First Nations will be receiving 11 hectares of land from the provincial government as part of a promise made a year and a half ago.In a news release, the government says ...
Sep 18, 2020
