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Toronto FC feeling heathier ahead of Atlanta visit after international break
TORONTO - Jozy Altidore and Alejandro Pozuelo could both see some playing time Saturday when Toronto FC returns to action against visiting Atlanta United after the international break. While coach Jav...
Oct 15, 2021
Meteorite found in B.C. could shed light on solar system's origin says physicist
LONDON, Ont. - A small, angular rock that one Canadian physicist says looks like a chunk of black cheese has the potential to help scientists understand how the early solar system formed. Peter G. Bro...
Oct 15, 2021
Journalist-CFL historian Paul Woods chronicles Toronto Argonauts' magical 1991 season
TORONTO - It's hard to imagine there ever being another year like 1991 in the Toronto Argonauts' rich and colourful history. The storied franchise, which was founded in 1873, shocked the North America...
Oct 15, 2021
New electoral boundaries strip Quebec of a seat, gives Alberta 3 more
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says Quebec will lose one seat in the next redistribution of federal ridings in Canada. Overall, the number of seats in the House of Commons will increase by four to 342 seat...
Oct 15, 2021
Number of carbon capture plants depends on government policies: Carbon Engineering CEO
KAMLOOPS - The Merritt Electro Fuels Project, a carbon capture plant to be built on the Upper Nicola Indian Band, hopes to revolutionize how we fuel vehicles - whether it's cars, planes or other machi...
Oct 15, 2021
Cities, police unions clash as vaccine mandates take effect
Police departments around the U.S. that are requiring officers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are running up against pockets of resistance that some fear could leave law enforcement shorthanded an...
Oct 15, 2021
Pedestrian killed in late night crash along Alberni Hwy. near Parksville
PARKSVILLE - One person is dead after a pedestrian was hit by a motorist in Errington.Emergency services were called to the Alberni Highway near Fairdowne Rd. just after 10 p.m. after reports of a ped...
Oct 15, 2021
PETERS: The COVID-19 vaccine debate has turned into the irresistible force versus the immovable object
MY FAVOURITE STORY OF THE WEEK was the one about Sadie, the sales-Husky. If you didn't see it, the online story was about a wonderful, weird-looking dog who photobombs her owner's listings on an onlin...
Oct 15, 2021
Alberta technical college ordered to pay former teacher who was fired for pregnancy
EDMONTON - A human rights commission has ordered the Alberta Pipe Trade College to pay $35,000 to a former instructor who was fired because she was pregnant. The decision from the Human Rights Tribuna...
Oct 15, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc in B.C. next week
OTTAWA - The Tk'emlps te Secwepemc First Nation in British Columbia says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit next Monday. The Oct. 18 trip follows his apology to Chief Rosanne Casimir for not hav...
Oct 15, 2021
