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Raj Saini stands to gain $93,000 payoff — but no pension — after standing down
OTTAWA - Raj Saini stands to walk away with a $93,000 "golden goodbye" after standing down as a Liberal candidate. The former MP for Kitchener Centre stepped down after facing allegations that he hara...
Sep 13, 2021
Staff, supplies lacking at Résidence Herron before the pandemic, Quebec coroner hears
MONTREAL - A nurse told a Quebec coroner's inquest today that a Montreal-area long-term care home where dozens of people died during the first wave of COVID-19 was understaffed and lacked proper equip...
Sep 13, 2021
Shoulder maintenance on Highway 1 through Kamloops throughout the week
KAMLOOPS - Maintenance will be done on Highway 1 through the City of Kamloops throughout the week.On Monday (Sept. 13) until 4:00 p.m., DriveBC says mowing will be done between Grand Boulevard near Va...
Sep 13, 2021
Blind lawyer says lack of accessible, private voting options violates Charter
OTTAWA - David Lepofsky was not able to mark his choice independently on the mail-in ballot Elections Canada sent to him because he is blind. He opted to not vote in person with his wife because she h...
Sep 13, 2021
CP NewsAlert: RCMP say family of six dead in camper fire in rural Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - Six members of a family have died in a fire Sunday evening in a travel trailer in rural Nova Scotia. The RCMP say firefighters were called to Mountain Road in Millvale, N.S., Sunday evening ...
Sep 13, 2021
Survivors of 2006 Dawson College shooting urge voters not to pick Conservatives
MONTREAL - Survivors and families of victims of the 2006 Dawson College shooting are warning voters against picking the Conservatives in the Sept. 20 federal election. The appeal comes on the 15th ann...
Sep 13, 2021
Singh criticizes Trudeau's "broken promises" on drinking water for First Nations
SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says no excuse is acceptable for the Liberals' failure to deliver on their 2015 promise to lift all drinking water advisories in First Nations communitie...
Sep 13, 2021
Vax passport officially launches as Nanaimo businesses navigate newest challenge
NANAIMO - Monday marks the first day of B.C.'s vaccine passport program.Announced in late August, the passport is a QR-code based system to show a proof of vaccination against COVID-19 allowing access...
Sep 13, 2021
Egypt says Israeli prime minister to visit, hold talks
CAIRO (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is to visit Egypt on Monday for talks with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt's office of the ...
Sep 13, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Urgency needed to get a new plan for fighting wildfires in 2022
KAMLOOPS - AS SUMMER WANES, the heat waves and devastation of the 2021 wildfire season are already beginning to fade from top of mind, even though fires are still burning and many evacuees are only be...
Sep 13, 2021
