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Women Shifting Gears
The Government Saskatchewan announced Women Shifting Gears, a new pilot program for women who want training to become transport drivers. The program is a partnership between the Saskatoon YWCA, the Sa...
Sep 17, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert:Edmonton to host world junior championship with no fans
EDMONTON - The 2021 world junior hockey championship will be played at Rogers Place in Edmonton with no fans in attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic.The event was originally scheduled to be held in...
Sep 17, 2020
Post-secondary students paying for inaccessible services as they study online
OTTAWA - The Canadian Federation of Students is crying foul over fees post-secondary institutions are charging for services and facilities students can't use. With classes having moved online due to t...
Sep 17, 2020
'Taken too soon, too violently': Woman whose husband, kids were shot dead speaks at funeral
OSHAWA, Ont. - A woman who lost her husband and three of her children in a grisly shooting in Oshawa, Ont., this month says getting from one day to the next sometimes feels like an "impossible ta...
Sep 17, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert:Edmonton to host world junior championship with no fans
EDMONTON - The 2021 world junior hockey championship will be played at Rogers Place in Edmonton with no fans in attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was originally scheduled to...
Sep 17, 2020
Wage subsidy extension into 2021 critical for tourism sector to survive: industry
OTTAWA - A coalition of organizations representing the tourism sector says the federal government must keep its wage-subsidy program in place well into next year for businesses with dire prospects for...
Sep 17, 2020
Canadian Denis Shapovalov advances, Milos Raonic eliminated at Italian Open
ROME - Denis Shapovalov is heading to the third round of the Italian Open, while fellow Canadian Milos Raonic suffered a second-round loss on Thursday. Shapovalov, the No. 12 seed from Richmond Hill, ...
Sep 17, 2020
Bank of England eyes sub-zero rates in face of virus, Brexit
LONDON - The Bank of England indicated Thursday that it could cut interest rates below zero for the first time in its 326-year history as it tries to shore up a U.K. economic recovery that is facing t...
Sep 17, 2020
Sleeping driver of speeding Tesla on Alberta highway faces criminal charge: RCMP
CALGARY - RCMP have charged a British Columbia man with dangerous driving after an officer pulled over a speeding Tesla on a central Alberta highway that appeared to be driving itself. Mount...
Sep 17, 2020
Popular UK author Victoria Hislop granted Greek citizenship
ATHENS, Greece - British author Victoria Hislop was granted honorary Greek citizenship Thursday and met with the prime minister of Greece. Hislop has used Greece as the setting for several of her hist...
Sep 17, 2020