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Candidates finalized for Birch Hills byelection
In just over a month, residents of Birch Hills will head to the polls to elect a new mayor and one new councilor.The nomination was held Wednesday and the list of candidates was finalized Thursday at ...
Oct 16, 2021
Removing the %&*@ from Maine's vanity plates will take time
Removing the flipping obscenities from license plates on Maine's roads and highways isn't going to happen overnight, even though a law banning such profanities in a state where such regulation has bee...
Oct 16, 2021
Nature groups threaten to take Ottawa to court over Quebec chorus frog protection
MONTREAL - Two environmental groups say they're ready to take the federal government to court if it fails to protect a population of tiny brown frogs they say are threatened by a road expansion projec...
Oct 16, 2021
NASA's asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday morning on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids. Seven of the mysterious space rocks are amo...
Oct 16, 2021
Government bracing for surge in passport renewals
OTTAWA - Pierce Schoel thought he might be able to avoid a long wait at the passport office in Kitchener, Ont. by going in the middle of the day. He was surprised to discover line-ups out the door. Th...
Oct 16, 2021
Leaders pay tribute at church where British lawmaker killed
LONDON (AP) - Leaders from across the political spectrum came together Saturday to pay tribute to a long-serving British lawmaker who was stabbed to death in what police have described as a terrorist ...
Oct 16, 2021
International Energy Agency forecasts decline in Canadian oil demand coming
OTTAWA - Environment groups in Canada say governments and the oil and gas industry can no longer pretend there is an economic case for expanding oil production after the latest international energy fo...
Oct 16, 2021
City of Vernon transfers copyright to legendary Ogopogo to B.C. Indigenous nations
VERNON, B.C. - The legal rights to the legendary creature in a British Columbia lake have been transferred to an alliance of Indigenous nations who say the Ogopogo has always been part of their spirit...
Oct 16, 2021
Blue Bombers become first CFL team to earn playoff spot with 26-16 victory over Elks
EDMONTON - Zach Collaros and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are the first CFL team to secure a playoff berth. Collaros threw two touchdown passes Winnipeg defeated the Edmonton Elks 26-16 on Friday night. ...
Oct 16, 2021
Islamic State claims mosque bombing in south Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that killed 47 people and wounded scores more. In a sta...
Oct 16, 2021
