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Energy sector looking for aid and regulation delays as throne speech looms
OTTAWA - Canada's fossil-fuel sector is looking to this month's throne speech for signs the federal government is not throwing in the towel on oil and gas. At the same time Canadian climate strikers a...
Sep 11, 2020
Annual Smile Cookie campaign to launch next week
A tasty opportunity awaits central Albertans next week with the launch of another Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign in support of struggling young readers in our community.Not even a global pandemic c...
Sep 11, 2020
Market Watch: Sept. 11
Big Picture N.A. Markets Unsteady After Tech Sell-Off Although markets in the U.S. and Canada were closed for Labour Day, the tech sell-off that began late last week continued Tuesday as some key tech...
Sep 11, 2020
Canadian Eugenie Bouchard books ticket in Istanbul semifinals
ISTANBUL - Canadian qualifier Eugenie Bouchard has advanced to the semifinals of the Istanbul Tennis Championship after recording her third consecutive upset on Friday. Bouchard, from Westmount, ...
Sep 11, 2020
New Brunswick party leaders begin their final push ahead of Monday's election
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's political leaders are in the final stretch heading into Monday's provincial election. Today, Progressive Conservative Party Leader Blaine Higgs makes an announcement in F...
Sep 11, 2020
Barrymore sets high standard in her models as talk show host
NEW YORK - Drew Barrymore is setting a high standard for herself as she joins the world of daytime talk show hosts on Monday. She wants to emulate David Letterman and Howard Stern as interviewers. Bot...
Sep 11, 2020
Toronto Raptors hope for Game 7 win against Boston Celtics tonight
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - For the first time since the most famous shot in team history, the Toronto Raptors will play a Game 7 tonight. The Raptors and the Boston Celtics square off at Walt Disney Wor...
Sep 11, 2020
Raptors Game 7 and deadly U.S. wildfires: In The News for Sept. 11
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 11 ... Wha...
Sep 11, 2020
B.C. gang leader Jamie Bacon to be sentenced today in Surrey Six case
VANCOUVER - A judge is scheduled to sentence a gang leader today on a charge related to shootings in 2007 that left six people dead at a highrise apartment building in Surrey, B.C. Jamie Bacon pl...
Sep 11, 2020
'It's therapeutic:' Karaoke lovers defend their endangered art as Quebec mulls ban
MONTREAL - Mike Charlebois describes karaoke as a way of life, a form of expression and a little bit of escapist fun - something he says is more important than ever as the world grapple...
Sep 11, 2020