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What to say on Mother's Day?
Oh, to write a Mother’s Day piece and not sound cheesy. After racking my brain for what I could possibly say for Mother’s Day that would be profound, I thought of two simple words we often...
May 14, 2017
Quebec lumber workers among the first to feel the pain of duty-inspired layoffs
MONTREAL - Hundreds of Quebec forestry workers are experiencing the first sour tastes from the softwood lumber battle with the United States as they prepare for the start of layoffs. Starting Monday, ...
May 14, 2017
Deadline looms for Via to respond to order to change wheelchair policy
TORONTO - A deadline is looming for Via Rail to change its policies and allow more than one person travelling in a wheelchair at a time on its trains, or prove that doing so would be far too difficult...
May 14, 2017
Payday lenders starting to feel pinch from new Alberta regulations
CALGARY - The garish yellow storefronts promising quick and easy cash are starting to dwindle in Alberta as the payday loan industry says provincial regulations put in place last year have made its si...
May 14, 2017
Nova Scotia election: Why health care has become the number-one issue
HALIFAX - For Janet Glazebrook, having to beg a doctor to test her sister for hip fractures after waiting hours in a crowded emergency room helped determine her vote in Nova Scotia’s May 30 elec...
May 14, 2017
Uranium mine cleanup moves ahead, but Saskatchewan is left with ballooning cost
URANIUM CITY, Sask. - The total price tag was estimated at under $25 million when the federal government agreed to pay for half the cleanup of a radioactive Cold-War-era uranium mine in northern Saska...
May 14, 2017
Victim wants adult sentence for school shooter who killed 4, wounded 7
REGINA - The last time Charlene Klyne was in the same room as the teenager convicted in a deadly school shooting in Saskatchewan, he opened fire and shot her in the face. Klyne, who lost her sight aft...
May 14, 2017
Blizzard of embers sparked fires that burned Fort McMurray homes last year
EDMONTON - A wildfire expert says a blizzard of blazing embers that were blown by the wind over fireguards and a river sparked the flames that destroyed homes in Fort McMurray last spring and then spr...
May 14, 2017
An alert researcher, teamwork helped stem huge cyberattack
LONDON - The cyberattack that spread malicious software around the world, shutting down networks at hospitals, banks and government agencies, was thwarted by a young British researcher and an inexpens...
May 14, 2017
China's Xi says Silk Road plan boosts finance, security ties
BEIJING - Pledging more than $100 billion in financing, Chinese President Xi Jinping called Sunday for closer co-operation across Asia and Europe in areas from anti-terrorism to investment as leaders ...
May 14, 2017