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Christine Elliott seeking Ontario Tory nomination for Newmarket-Aurora
TORONTO - Former Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Christine Elliott says she will be seeking the nomination to run as the Tory candidate in the provincial riding of Newmarket-Auro...
Apr 2, 2018
Box office Top 20: 'Ready Player One' launches with $53.7M
NEW YORK - Game on for “Ready Player One.” Steven Spielberg’s virtual reality adventure launched slightly above expectations with $53.7 million over the four-day Easter weekend and $...
Apr 2, 2018
Ethical eating debate arises after vegan protesters target Toronto restaurant
TORONTO - A confrontation between animal rights activists and the owner of a restaurant who protesters say cut up and ate a piece of meat in front of them has inflamed tensions between vegans and sust...
Apr 2, 2018
Federal government promises $4.1 billion for B.C. infrastructure
VANCOUVER - Ottawa has announced a new multibillion-dollar infrastructure deal with British Columbia, just a week after a report found the federal government was falling behind on the spending program...
Apr 2, 2018
Liberal MP who weathered gun-registry fight not worried about new firearms bill
OTTAWA - He’s the Liberal MP for a large, rural Ontario riding with lots of gun owners, but Bob Nault says he is not worried about a voter backlash over the government’s new firearms bill....
Apr 2, 2018
Ponoka's 2018 Budget includes tax hike
Ponoka Town Council has approved its Capital and Operating budgets for 2018 and it includes the equivalent of a six per cent property tax increase. The budgets were approved following a series of leng...
Apr 2, 2018
RDC Marketing & Communications wins bronze Paragon Award
Red Deer College has been recognized for its excellence in marketing initiatives. RDC's Marketing and Communications department has announced they were presented with a bronze Paragon Award in the Mag...
Apr 2, 2018
Meek Mill's bid for release while he appeals turned down
PHILADELPHIA - A judge is keeping rapper Meek Mill behind bars while he appeals a prison sentence for violating probation. Philadelphia Judge Genece Brinkley last Thursday turned down Mill’s bid...
Apr 2, 2018
Man can return to Victoria's Empress hotel years after seagull, pepperoni uproar
VICTORIA - A Nova Scotia man banned from Victoria’s stately Fairmont Empress hotel is welcome back after apologizing for an incident more than 17 years ago in which seagulls hungry for pepperoni...
Apr 2, 2018
Wilbur D. May’s Cabinet of Curiosities, Inside The Wunderkammer
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Wunderkammer In the mid-sixteenth century, Wunderkammer (or Cabinets of Curiosity), popped up across Europe. Receptacles of exotic objects and natural ...
Apr 2, 2018