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Canadian woman fears father is in Chinese custody for speaking out on human rights
OTTAWA - The daughter of a missing Chinese human rights defender is appealing to the Vietnamese and Chinese governments to reveal her father's whereabouts and allow him to travel to Canada. There has ...
Nov 17, 2022
Canada aims for respect in talks with China even as relations difficult: Ng
OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada will maintain a respectful dialogue with China even as she warns that Canada's biggest trading partner in Asia has changed. Ng's comments come...
Nov 17, 2022
Prince Albert gets expanded childcare
Parents in Prince Albert will have more choices when it comes to child care as the provincial and federal governments are kicking in funding to increase spaces and bring down fees. The Bloom and Buds ...
Nov 17, 2022
3 US Customs agents shot, wounded off coast of Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON (AP) - Three U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have been wounded after exchanging gunfire with people "on board a suspected smuggling vessel" off the coast of Puerto Rico, officials...
Nov 17, 2022
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon misses Order of Canada ceremony at Rideau Hall due to illness
OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is missing today's Order of Canada ceremony at Rideau Hall due to illness. A spokesperson says in a written statement that "with great regret," Simon would not preside ov...
Nov 17, 2022
Tim McGraw, Keith Urban headline Country Thunder lineup
Some of the biggest names in country music will be rocking the Lumsden valley this summer.Tim McGraw, Keith Urban and Jon Pardi were announced Thursday morning as the headliners for the Country Thunde...
Nov 17, 2022
Brigitte Bardot pens letter to mayor of Montreal suburb condemning proposed deer cull
MONTREAL - French actress Brigitte Bardot is condemning a Montreal suburb's controversial plan to kill most of the deer living in a local park. Bardot published a letter on her foundation's website Tu...
Nov 17, 2022
Watsonairs Christmas Carol Festival
Watsonairs Christmas Carol Festival, Thursday December 1 at 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral. See the poster below.
Nov 17, 2022
Canada falling behind as electric-vehicle sales pick up around the world
OTTAWA - Electric-vehicle sales in Canada grew by more than one third in the first half of this year but they are not keeping pace with the rest of the world. A new report on global EV sales released ...
Nov 17, 2022
Oklahoma executes man for 1993 killing of 3-year-old boy
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for the torture slaying of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son in 1993. Richard Stephen Fairchild, who turned 63 on Thursday, received a lethal inj...
Nov 17, 2022
