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NewsAlert: No suspension of Bill 21: Appeal Court
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal has rejected a request to suspend the central elements of the province's secularism law. A national Muslim organization, a civil liberties group and a u...
Dec 12, 2019
A timeline of Andrew Scheer's political career
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer has announced he will resign as Conservative leader as soon as a replacement is chosen. Here's a brief timeline of his career on Parliament Hill: June 28, 2004: Scheer...
Dec 12, 2019
Canadiens forward Matthew Peca out around six weeks with knee injury
Montreal Canadiens forward Matthew Peca will be out for approximately six weeks with a knee injury, the NHL team announced Thursday. Peca suffered the injury during the game in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. ...
Dec 12, 2019
Fullback Ashley Lawrence named Canadian Player of the Year after busy 2019
TORONTO - Ashley Lawrence, who played in all 15 internationals in 2019 and led the Canadian women in minutes played, has been named Canadian Player of the Year. She joins KAA Gent forward Jonathan Dav...
Dec 12, 2019
Nominations open for Kamloops Sports Council Awards for 2019
KAMLOOPS --- The Kamloops Sport Council will once again celebrate the very best in local sports, with the 30th Annual Athletic Awards To qualify for the annual Athletic Awards, any nominee, able bodie...
Dec 12, 2019 Image credit: KSC
6 killed in New Jersey gunbattle, including police officer
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious gun battle Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with the sound of heavy fire for hou...
Dec 12, 2019
Crews still battling fire from crude oil train derailment in central Saskatchewan
LANIGAN, Sask. - Saskatchewan's public safety agency says crews are working in frigid temperatures as they continue to battle a fire that started when a freight train carrying...
Dec 12, 2019
Tax cuts, flood fight and cost-control on Manitoba premier's agenda
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister - a man not known for shying away from a scrap - is promising an even "bolder" approach in 2020 with his Progressive Conservative govern...
Dec 12, 2019
Scheer resignation takes Kamloops MP McLeod, Conservative colleagues by surprise
OTTAWA - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod says the Conservative caucus was taken by surprise by leader Andrew Scheer's resignation Thursday morning (Dec. 12).Scheer met with the Conservative ...
Dec 12, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Andrew Scheer resigns as Conservative leader
Andrew Scheer says he is stepping down as Conservative leader as soon as a successor can be chosen.Scheer addressed the House of Commons briefly at about noon Eastern time, saying leading his party ha...
Dec 12, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
