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Seven former Bloc MPs want to call their new party Quebec Debout
OTTAWA - The seven MPs who left the Bloc Quebecois earlier this year over differences with Martine Ouellet’s leadership have the name they want for their new party: Quebec Debout. They say their...
May 9, 2018
Controversial RV resort for Buffalo Lake scaled down, moving ahead
A compromise has been reached regarding a massive RV resort proposed for Buffalo Lake. Following the conclusion of a dispute resolution process, RV Sites Canada has agreed to reduce the size of the pr...
May 9, 2018
Battaglin wins 5th stage as Dennis maintains Giro lead
SANTA NINFA, Italy - Enrico Battaglin surged ahead at the perfect moment to win the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday as Chris Froome and most of the other favourites finished in the...
May 9, 2018
Town of Sylvan Lake wants residents to help shape Waterfront redevelopment
The Town of Sylvan Lake wants to hear from residents as they look at ideas for redeveloping the Waterfront area. "Reimagine Sylvan" is the Town's process of reviewing, reimagining and redeveloping Syl...
May 9, 2018
Serbia bans Kosovo karate team from coming to competition
BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia has banned a Kosovo team from taking part in a karate competition it is hosting, over a political dispute stemming from the former province’s declaration of independenc...
May 9, 2018
Conservative MP questions whether Trudeau's apologies are sincere
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu says that while she supports Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to apologize for Canada turning away Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust in 1939, t...
May 9, 2018
Wynne offers consistency over change as she faces uphill battle for re-election
TORONTO - At a time when polls suggest Ontario voters are clamouring for change, Kathleen Wynne is offering them something far less dramatic: consistency. Five years after becoming the first female pr...
May 9, 2018
Horwath campaigns on 'change for the better' as Wynne, Ford dominate headlines
TORONTO - The third time may well prove to be a charm for Andrea Horwath, who both pundits and polls suggest has the most to gain in Ontario’s spring election. Horwath’s New Democrats, lon...
May 9, 2018
Doug Ford paints himself as fiscally responsible outsider in bid to lead Ontario
TORONTO - Eight years after a populist wave handed Rob Ford the reins of Canada’s largest city, his brother is testing the same brand of everyman appeal on the provincial stage. With calls to tr...
May 9, 2018
Ontario using electronic voting machines, voters' lists in the June 7 election
TORONTO - For the first time in a provincial election in Ontario, voters will use electronic voting machines when they head to the polls on June 7. The voters’ paper lists will also be a thing o...
May 9, 2018