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Monday will be a federal holiday to mark Queen's state funeral: What does this mean?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has declared Sept. 19 a federal holiday to mourn Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her state funeral in London. Some provinces are closing schools and select workplaces, w...
Sep 18, 2022
'Grandmother for the world': Calgary police officer goes to London for royal funeral
Tad Milmine felt a surge of emotion when he saw Queen Elizabeth's coffin, aglow in a golden light, as it was carried into Buckingham Palace as part of the monarch's final journey. The Calgary resident...
Sep 18, 2022
Ottawa's Dabrowski and Stefani of Brazil capture Chennai women's doubles title
Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and her partner Luisa Stefani of Brazil captured their second women's doubles tennis title, winning the Chennai Open on Sunday. The top-seeded Dabrowski and Stefani made q...
Sep 18, 2022
Fiona becomes a hurricane, aims at Puerto Rico
HAVANA (AP) - Fiona strengthened into a hurricane Sunday as it bore down on Puerto Rico, where people braced for severe wind and torrential rains. Forecasters said "historic" levels of rain were expec...
Sep 18, 2022
Elections Quebec takes to TikTok, hoping quirky campaign inspires turnout
MONTREAL - Elections Quebec is flipping their usual campaign advertising script in hopes that some fresh messaging will propel more voters out to the polls next month. The province's elections organiz...
Sep 18, 2022
COLLINS: The worst part of election campaigns
THE SIGNS ARE OUT. The city, like all cities leading up to an election of any sort, is strewn with signs. I've always hated the blight they put on the landscape. They are, unfortunately, a necessary e...
Sep 18, 2022
Trudeau meets UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, other world leaders in London
LONDON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with his British counterpart Sunday as world leaders converged on London for Queen Elizabeth's funeral. Trudeau was at 10 Downing Street early in the afterno...
Sep 18, 2022
Queen's death leaves questions about vacated military patronage posts
OTTAWA - Queen Elizabeth's death has left more than a dozen Canadian Armed Forces units without a patron, and prompted one expert to question how such appointments will be filled going forward. The De...
Sep 18, 2022
Quebec election: 880 candidates in the running for Oct. 3 election
MONTREAL - Quebec party leaders are fanned out across the province on Day 22 of the election campaign. Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault will be in the Quebec City-area riding of Portneuf,...
Sep 18, 2022
Restoring the culinary and cultural bounty of ancient Indigenous sea gardens in B.C.
SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C. - A family of sea otters emerges from the ocean and rambles up the rocky shoreline, while a great blue heron in search of a meal pokes at a wall of rocks. Fountains of water s...
Sep 18, 2022
