Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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Networks line up election law experts for vote coverage
NEW YORK - Television networks are adding experts in election law to their election night coverage teams so they're prepared to explain legal challenges or irregularities that may come up during the v...
Nov 01, 2020
Biden works to push Black turnout in campaign's final days
PHILADELPHIA - Joe Biden was spending the final days of the presidential campaign appealing to Black supporters to vote in-person during a pandemic that has disproportionally affected their communitie...
Nov 01, 2020
Algeria votes on new constitution amid opposition boycott
ALGIERS, Algeria - Algerians voted Sunday on whether to approve a revised constitution that imposes term limits, promises new freedoms and is aimed at answering demands from pro-democracy protesters w...
Nov 01, 2020
'It's unbelievable': Quebec City residents mourn victims of deadly sword attack
QUEBEC - Residents of Quebec's picturesque capital grappled with grief and shock on Sunday as they mourned the deaths of a beloved neighbourhood hairdresser and a well-respected museum employee slain ...
Oct 31, 2020
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he hopes OHL can return with bodychecking
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is leaving the door open for bodychecking to remain in the Ontario Hockey League for the upcoming season. Ford tweeted Saturday night that he is working on a return...
Oct 31, 2020
Thousands of new COVID-19 cases in central Canada; Manitoba's case count stays high
Ontario and Quebec are both reporting more than one thousand new COVID-19 cases, while farther west in Manitoba, officials again reported hundreds of new cases as its capital city gets set for tighter...
Oct 31, 2020
Soldier dies during training exercise on Alberta military base: defence department
A Canadian soldier died Saturday after being shot during a training exercise at a military base in Alberta. The soldier suffered a gunshot wound late Friday night while taking part in live fire traini...
Oct 31, 2020
N.S. Mi'kmaq chiefs demand stop of alleged federal plans to seize lobster traps
HALIFAX - A group of Nova Scotia Indigenous leaders has levelled harassment allegations at the federal government over an ongoing moderate livelihood fishery dispute, accusing the department responsib...
Oct 31, 2020
If 2020 is like 2000, Trump believes he's got the votes
WASHINGTON - More than 86 million Americans have already voted in the presidential election, but President Donald Trump thinks he can count on one hand the votes that will determine the outcome. "I th...
Oct 31, 2020
Obama: Trump failed to take pandemic, presidency seriously
DETROIT - Calling Joe Biden his "brother," Barack Obama on Saturday accused Donald Trump of failing to take the coronavirus pandemic and the presidency seriously as Democrats leaned on America's first...
Oct 31, 2020
OPINION
Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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