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Fiery train derailment in Saskatchewan, residents evacuated from area
GUERNSEY, Sask. - A freight train derailed in rural Saskatchewan on Thursday morning and residents were being evacuated from the area. The train jumped the tracks about 6:15 a.m. near G...
Feb 06, 2020
Top Ontario health official says coronavirus surveillance is widening
TORONTO - Ontario's chief medical officer of health says surveillance for novel coronavirus in the province is widening outside of those who have recently travelled to the affected regions of China. I...
Feb 06, 2020
Impaired driving charges laid in O'Chiese First Nation fatal pedestrian collision
Impaired driving charges have now been laid after a 17-year-old girl was fatally hit by a vehicle on O'Chiese First Nation late last month.The fatal collision happened just before 6 a.m. on Saturday, ...
Feb 06, 2020
Liberals revive Rona Ambrose's bill on sexual assault law training for judges
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has picked up a cause formerly championed by senior Conservative Rona Ambrose, bringing in a bill aimed at ensuring judges are trained in sexual-assault law. The n...
Feb 06, 2020
Quebec to table provincial budget March 10 with emphasis on environment
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard says the province's fiscal 2020-21 budget will be tabled March 10. It will be Girard's second budget since the Coalition Avenir Quebec won government in 2...
Feb 06, 2020
Quebec premier demands Trudeau cut federal funding to Bill 21 legal challenge
Quebec Premier Francois Legault is lashing out at the Trudeau government after learning a Montreal school board had reportedly received federal funds to contest the province's secularism law in c...
Feb 06, 2020
Hurricanes win 7-6 thriller over Rebels with last-minute goal
The Red Deer Rebels have gotten into the habit of playing in exciting games at the Westerner Park Centrium of late, and Wednesday night was no exception. The Rebels went toe to toe with the high flyin...
Feb 06, 2020
Former Canadian captain Paul Stalteri joins York 9 FC as assistant coach
TORONTO - York 9 FC will have two Canada Soccer Hall of Famers on its sideline this season. Former Canadian captain Paul Stalteri has joined the Canadian Premier League team as Jimmy Brennan's first a...
Feb 06, 2020
Leafs' Andersen day-to-day with neck injury; Hutchinson starts Wednesday
TORONTO - It's still unclear when exactly Maple Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen got hurt. What's certain, however, is that Toronto will be minus its most im...
Feb 06, 2020
Knicks fire Steve Mills, begin search for new president
NEW YORK - The New York Knicks made a big move before the trade deadline - by getting rid of the guy who would have been making their deals. They fired President Steve Mills on Tuesday, shaking up the...
Feb 06, 2020