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Parti Quebecois says non-members can vote for new leader for first time
MONTREAL - Nearly 16 months after Jean-Francois Lisee stepped down from the top job, the Parti Quebecois on Saturday officially launched a leadership race where, for the first time, non-members will b...
Feb 03, 2020
Canadians returning from Wuhan to be quarantined in motel at CFB Trenton
OTTAWA - Health Minister Patricia Hajdu says Canadians returning home from Wuhan will need physical and mental support once they arrive at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, where they will spend...
Feb 03, 2020
Ben Platt named Hasty Pudding's 2020 Man of the Year
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Award-winning actor and musician Ben Platt was named 2020 Man of the Year by Harvard University's famed Hasty Pudding theatre troupe on Monday. Platt, 26, is the youngest recipient ...
Feb 03, 2020
Canada Post asks cannabis producers to stop shipping to Campobello Island
OTTAWA - Canada Post has asked cannabis producers to stop shipping marijuana to a small island in Eastern Canada, in order to curb a sharp increase in the number of mail trucks being st...
Feb 03, 2020
Late-arriving Maple Leafs winger Kasperi Kapanen contrite after scratch
TORONTO - The Maple Leafs sent Kasperi Kapanen a strong message. Now it's up to him to respond. Toronto scratched the speedy winger for Saturday night's game against the Ottawa Senators after Kapanen&...
Feb 03, 2020
Iraqi blocs select new PM-designate after weeks of jockeying
BAGHDAD - Former communications minister Mohammed Allawi was named prime minister-designate by rival Iraqi factions Saturday after weeks of political deadlock. The choice comes as the country weathers...
Feb 03, 2020
Notorious Utah brothel owner's interview eludes historians
OGDEN, Utah - Scholars at a Utah university are trying to unlock a mystery after discovering a nearly 70-year-old transcript of an interview with a notorious brothel owner that is written in a shortha...
Feb 03, 2020
Blackfalds toddler fighting long battle with leukemia
A Blackfalds family is set to spend up to another year at Calgary's Ronald McDonald House as their youngest daughter continues her health battle.Rowen Young, who turns three in April, was diagnosed wi...
Feb 03, 2020 Rowen Young (right) with father Jeff, mother Lysanne, and big sister Aismee during their stay in Calgary for treatments related to Rowen's leukemia and subsequent illness. (Supplied)
Trump trial closing arguments aim at voters, history
WASHINGTON - Closing arguments in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial are unfolding Monday as much for history as any effort to sway votes, one final chance to influence public opinion and set ...
Feb 03, 2020
Ottawa to provide update on coronavirus response at noon
OTTAWA - The federal government is to provide an update about Canada's response to the novel coronavirus today as a plane prepares to evacuate hundreds of Canadians from the locked-down Chinese city o...
Feb 03, 2020