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Vancouver Aquarium closes programming amid 'financially challenging' time
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Aquarium is closing to the public, putting its programming on pause while it attempts to recover from the financial devastation of COVID-19. Ocean Wise, the non-profit organi...
Aug 31, 2020
Toronto Wolfpack ready to make case to return to action with new owner
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack's proposed new owner will make his case to England's Super League on Tuesday with the transatlantic rugby league team also submitting a new five-year business plan to re...
Aug 31, 2020
Festival of Trees announces new location for 2020
One of Red Deer's largest annual fundraising events will have a new look in a new location this year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 edition of the Festival of Trees will be held November ...
Aug 31, 2020
Feds 'looking into' alleged bullying by RCMP employee facing security charges
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Public Safety Minister Bill Blair is looking into allegations the RCMP brushed off warnings about a senior director who was later arrested on national-...
Aug 31, 2020
Berkshire Hathaway takes stakes in Japanese trading houses
TOKYO - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said Monday it has taken stakes of just over 5% in five major Japanese trading houses in what it says is a long-term investment. Share ...
Aug 31, 2020
N.S. mass shooting case: media outlets challenge redactions in search warrants
TRURO, N.S. - A lawyer for eight news media outlets is challenging the decisions of a Nova Scotia Provincial Court judge who authorized heavy redactions of RCMP search wa...
Aug 31, 2020
Ewan slaloms to sprint win; Alaphilippe leads Tour de France
SISTERON, France - Australian rider Caleb Ewan slalomed through the bunch to win a sprint finish and claim the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday. Julian Alaphilippe held onto the yellow jers...
Aug 31, 2020
Feds 'looking into' alleged bullying by RCMP employee facing security charges
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Public Safety Minister Bill Blair is looking into allegations the RCMP brushed off warnings about a senior director who was later arrested on national-...
Aug 31, 2020
Trudeau calls out vandals who toppled Montreal's Macdonald statue
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is denouncing the vandals who toppled and defaced a Montreal statue of the first prime minister of Canada, John A. Macdonald, over the weekend. Trudeau to...
Aug 31, 2020
John Oliver: Name sewage plant for me, I'll give to charity
Comedian John Oliver upped the stakes in a tongue-in-cheek spat with a Connecticut city, offering to donate $55,000 to charity if officials follow through on a joke to name its sewage treatment plant ...
Aug 31, 2020