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City won't waste John Oliver's donation, on 1 condition
DANBURY, Conn. - A Connecticut city won't waste an opportunity to get a sizeable donation from comedian John Oliver about a weeks-long joke pertaining to the name of a sewage plant in the area. Danbur...
Sep 06, 2020

Camp Alexo Rally for Kids successful despite pandemic
The second edition of the Rally for Kids in support of Camp Alexo was a resounding success on Saturday.Joining in the rally were 358 participants, beginning at the Nordegg Community Hall and finishing...
Sep 06, 2020

Pilot-desperate air force sees nine aviators rejoin amid COVID-19
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force's attempts to capitalize on the layoffs that have ravaged Canada's commercial airline industry during the COVID-19 pandemic have had some early - albeit extr...
Sep 06, 2020

Crews battling wildfire near Abraham Lake
UPDATE: As of Sept. 10, the wildfire near Abraham Lake has been extinguished--A wildfire discovered on Saturday in the Rocky Mountain House Forest Area is being held.The fire is located just northwest...
Sep 06, 2020

Gasly surprise Italian GP winner as Hamilton given penalty, Canada's Stoll 3rd
AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly claimed an unlikely victory at the Italian Grand Prix after a thrilling race which saw world champion Lewis Hamilton given a 10-second stop-go penalty and both Ferraris ...
Sep 06, 2020

Turnout for Day 1 of advance voting during N.B. election unusually high
FREDERICTON - Voters have turned out in unusually high numbers for advance polls in New Brunswick, with the chief electoral officer saying she believes people are eager to avoid election day lineups d...
Sep 06, 2020

Census Bureau must temporarily halt winding down operations.
ORLANDO, Fla. - The U.S. Census Bureau for now must stop following a plan that would have it winding down operations in order to finish the 2020 census at the end of September, according to a federal ...
Sep 06, 2020

Indigenous genocide finding hangs over Canada's Myanmar court intervention
OTTAWA - Cries of the pot calling the kettle black are emerging after Canada joined an international genocide lawsuit against Myanmar, because the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous...
Sep 06, 2020

Lawyers hope to erase racist and misogynistic nickname of mountain landmark
Momentum is building to properly name a prominent landmark on a mountain in the Alberta Rockies because its commonly used nickname is racist and misogynistic. The feature, which has been known since t...
Sep 06, 2020

No easy way home for seafarers delivering goods to Canadian ports during pandemic
MONTREAL - Resig Calanog's walk around Montreal's port is only the second time in nine months he's been on solid ground. Even for a career ship worker, it's a lot of time at sea. As for when...
Sep 06, 2020