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Market Watch: Oct. 22
Big Picture Investor Concerns Ease as Strong Corporate Earnings Lift Equity MarketsCanada's TSX climbed to a record high on Monday as investors moved away from defensive stocks in favour of tech names...
Oct 22, 2021
Don't leave your vehicle idling and unoccupied: Red Deer RCMP
Red Deer motorists are being reminded to not leave vehicles idling and unoccupied."Vehicles left running and unattended present a crime of opportunity for criminals. It takes mere seconds for a thief ...
Oct 22, 2021
Defence Department vows to examine extremism in Canadian-trained foreign troops
OTTAWA - The Defence Department is vowing to review how the military screens for extremist views in the foreign troops it trains. The move comes after a report found that far-right extremists in the U...
Oct 22, 2021
Iqaluit to provide update on water crisis, hospital continues to postpone surgeries
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit is set to provide an update later today on the results of additional water testing. The city's 8,000 or so residents haven't been able to consume tap water for 1...
Oct 22, 2021
Town of Blackfalds releases official municipal election results
Official results from the municipal election held in the Town of Blackfalds Oct. 18 have now been released.MayorJamie Hoover (Incumbent) - 522 votes - ElectedWayne Tutty - 507 votesJeff Krehmer - 376 ...
Oct 22, 2021
Bloc Québécois says Quebec's status as a nation means it must not lose a seat
OTTAWA - YvesFranois Blanchet says Quebec deserves more seats in Ottawa, not fewer, as proposed by Elections Canada. The Bloc Qubcois leader says as Quebec is officially recognized as a nation, it des...
Oct 22, 2021
2021 City of Lacombe official election results
The official results for the 2021 City of Lacombe Election - with all polls reporting - are listed below. Official election results are also available at www.lacombe.ca.Office of Mayor CandidateGrant ...
Oct 22, 2021
Canada considers what to do with millions of unused COVID-19 vaccine doses
OTTAWA - Canada must decide what to do with millions of unused COVID-19 vaccine doses now that officials have confirmed they won't be needed to vaccinate children. Roughly 6.6-million doses have been ...
Oct 22, 2021
Not the time to 'freely go wherever,' says Tam as non-essential travel advisory lifts
OTTAWA - Canadians should carefully weigh any future decisions on taking foreign trips even though the federal government has lifted a global advisory asking them to avoid non-essential travel, health...
Oct 22, 2021
Quebec is relaxing COVID-19 restrictions, but dance floors remain empty
MONTREAL - For Montreal DJ Marc-Andr Patry, there's no point performing if people can't dance. "I wouldn't go to the museum for an exhibition and look at a piece of art on the wall if it was 80 per ce...
Oct 22, 2021