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Trudeau says threat to his safety grows from online polarization and hate
TORONTO - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said the security threat that forced him to wear a bulletproof vest at a Saturday rally is an unfortunate consequence of the polarization of politics in Ca...
Oct 13, 2019
Singh says strategic voting makes people settle for less, counters Liberal push
BURNABY, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is working hard to dissuade Canadians from voting strategically with a message that encourages voters not to settle for less, but instead to "dream b...
Oct 13, 2019
Family Affair: Leafs lick their wounds after 'unacceptable' loss to Lightning
TORONTO - Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock gathered his players at Toronto's practice facility Friday morning. That part shouldn't come as a surprise - teams usually meet before hitting t...
Oct 13, 2019
Climate activist Greta Thunberg tweets that she plans to visit Alberta
EDMONTON - Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has announced that's she's going to Alberta. The 16-year-old tweeted that she'll be heading north following "a few days of well needed rest...
Oct 13, 2019
Shepard Smith leaves Fox News Channel
NEW YORK - Shepard Smith, whose newscast on Fox News Channel seemed increasingly an outlier on an outlet dominated by supporters of President Donald Trump, abruptly quit after signing off his final ne...
Oct 13, 2019
California adopts broadest US rules for seizing guns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will make the state the first to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders against ...
Oct 13, 2019
Simone Biles sets medal record at gymnastics worlds
STUTTGART, Germany - Simone Biles broke the all-time record for most medals by any gymnast at the world championships by winning the balance beam and floor exercise Sunday. Biles won her 24th medal on...
Oct 13, 2019
A Better World volunteers rack up 59,000 hours of service
A Better World Canada, which is based in Lacombe, has released its first ever detailed health report.It concludes that in the organization's 29-year history, health care volunteers have recorded 59,45...
Oct 13, 2019 Dr. Charlotte Goodine, a pediatrician from Medicine Hat, is shown here training nurses on delivery methods during a trip to Kenya in 2017. (A Better World Canada)
'I just knew I was hurt:' Women testify about being hit in Edmonton van attack
EDMONTON - It took more than a week for Kim O'Hara to understand what happened to her. O'Hara, one of four pedestrians struck by a speeding cube van in downtown Edmonton two years ago, testi...
Oct 13, 2019
Thousands still without power after snow storm hammers Manitoba
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Hydro says it's making good progress restoring electricity to customers blacked out by the snow storm that blasted southern areas of the province, but it still has a lot of work to...
Oct 13, 2019