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Canadian champion mare Starship Jubilee to run in $1-million Woodbine Mile
TORONTO - For the first time this year, Starship Jubilee will have home-track advantage. Trainer Kevin Attard said Tuesday that Starship Jubilee, Canada's reigning horse of the year, will run in ...
Sep 15, 2020
Meadow Lake Community Summer Olympics focused on community well-being
Meadow Lake's Chamber of Commerce, The City of Meadow Lake and local RCMP are calling on businesses, agencies and families to partake in a weekend of games, physical activity and community togethernes...
Sep 15, 2020
Daughter pays tribute to father who died of COVID-19 with memorial in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The daughter of a man who died of COVID-19 paid tribute to him and other seniors who have lost their lives at a memorial she unveiled today. The memorial features a poster of physiotherapi...
Sep 15, 2020
Mali's former president Moussa Traore dies at 83
BAMAKO, Mali - Mali's former president Moussa Traore, who ruled the West Africa nation for more than 22 years, has died at age 83, according to his son Idrissa Traore. He did not give details on the c...
Sep 15, 2020
Alberta premier says cross-country Energy East pipeline remains a possibility
CALGARY - Alberta's premier says new federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole was just stating the obvious when he indicated the Energy East pipeline project was off the table in a conversation with t...
Sep 15, 2020
COVID-19 testing sites see demand surge as cases rise, kids return to school
OTTAWA - Provinces are looking to expand COVID-19 testing as Canadians in many provinces wait long hours to be swabbed or can't get in for testing at all.Demand for testing surged in much of the count...
Sep 15, 2020
Threat of fall federal election eases as COVID-19 cases continue to rise
OTTAWA - The threat of a federal election seemed to be easing as the Liberal government and opposition parties prepared for a return to Parliament amid concerns Canada could already be dealing with a ...
Sep 15, 2020
Some Canadians believe officials exaggerate threat of COVID-19, poll suggests
OTTAWA - A new survey suggests there are Canadians who believe that warnings from public officials about the threat of COVID-19 are vastly overblown.Almost one-quarter of respondents in an online poll...
Sep 15, 2020
Leslyn Lewis to run for Conservatives in rural Ontario riding held by party stalwart
OTTAWA - The Toronto lawyer who finished third in the federal Conservative leadership race says she'll seek election as an MP in a rural Ontario riding.Leslyn Lewis said Tuesday she hopes to run in Ha...
Sep 15, 2020
Cleanup is underway after train derailment in British Columbia
HOPE, B.C. - CN Rail says a team of contractors and environmental experts has begun removing potash from the site of a derailment involving a Canadian Pacific train near Hope, B.C....
Sep 15, 2020