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Toronto's landmark Honest Ed's sign to get a new lease on life at Mirvish theatre
TORONTO - Theatregoers in Toronto will soon come face to face with a piece of local history that once represented a new beginning for generations of newcomers to the city. The glitzy, illuminated sign...
May 23, 2017
B.C. election outcome still murky, two weeks after voters go to the polls
VICTORIA - The final count in British Columbia’s tight and inconclusive election will be known on Wednesday, but the possibility of a judicial recount means the actual outcome might not be known...
May 23, 2017
Quebec labour minister threatening special law in event of construction strike
MONTREAL - Quebec’s labour minister is threatening to bring in a special law in the event of a general strike in the province’s construction industry. Construction companies and labour fed...
May 23, 2017
A by-the-numbers look at the incomes of parents and children at age 30
OTTAWA - A new study from Statistics Canada says that Canadian children have, on average, fared better financially than their parents. The study compared family incomes of parents and children at age ...
May 23, 2017
7th annual food drive for women's shelter takes place Saturday
Get your non-perishable items all ready, because bags will be distributed today for the the seventh annual food drive hosted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in support of the Mounta...
May 23, 2017
Growth council's new tasks: unlock business spending, broaden job skills help
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government’s influential team of economic advisers is pursuing solutions to an issue that has preoccupied policy-makers for years: how to open the spigot on business investm...
May 23, 2017
Court set to OK deal in harassment class action by female RCMP employees
TORONTO - Approval of a settlement in a class action by sexually harassed Mounties is expected Wednesday, paving the way for tens of millions of dollars to start flowing to the women. During the heari...
May 23, 2017
Red Deer RCMP arrest man with loaded shotgun in stolen vehicle
Red Deer RCMP have charged a 23-year-old man after locating him in a stolen car with a loaded sawed off shotgun over the long weekend. Shortly before 6 a.m. on Monday morning, RCMP were on patrol down...
May 23, 2017
Some musicians cancel concerts after Manchester blast
NEW YORK - The suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England has shaken the music world, with some artists cancelling upcoming gigs and others planning to go ahead as scheduled. B...
May 23, 2017
Video of fight with Syrian, Canadian students sparks protest at Alberta school
RED DEER, Alta. - Educators and RCMP are trying to keep the peace at a central Alberta school after someone posted a video on social media of a fight between a small group of Syrian and Canadian stude...
May 23, 2017