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Man who was subject of wife's appeal in Nova Scotia assisted death case dies
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia man whose wife tried to stop his medically assisted death in court has died in hospital. According to his obituary posted on a funeral home website, 83-year-old Jack Eugene Sor...
Oct 06, 2020
Mayor Kennedy Stewart proposes $30-million recommendation to help Vancouver homeless
VANCOUVER - Mayor Kennedy Stewart wants councillors to support a multimillion-dollar proposal to help those who are homeless in Vancouver during the pandemic. Stewart has released a recommendation to ...
Oct 06, 2020
Scott Moe apologizes on campaign trail to family of woman killed in his 1997 crash
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe has publicly apologized to the family of a woman killed in a 1997 highway crash he was involved in. The apology came during a campaign stop in Saskatoon...
Oct 06, 2020
Quebec Premier Francois Legault to formally apologize to Joyce Echaquan's family
Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he will present an official apology today to the family of an Indigenous woman who filmed staff insulting her as she lay dying in a hospital northeast of Montreal ...
Oct 06, 2020
Liberals, NDP block Conservative effort to have prorogation study include WE affair
OTTAWA - The Liberals and the NDP have blocked an effort by the Conservatives to get the WE Charity affair probed ahead of a study into why the Liberals prorogued Parliament. The government must provi...
Oct 06, 2020
Law enforcement officer asks for dismissal of Raptors president Ujiri's counterclaim
OAKLAND, Calif. - Lawyers for an American law enforcement officer have filed a motion to dismiss a counterclaim to a lawsuit from Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri in the aftermath of an altercati...
Oct 06, 2020
SHA announce flu shot dates in Prince Albert and area
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has announced dates P.A. and area residents can get their flu shots beginning on Oct. 19.According to a media release, the SHA is asking members of the public t...
Oct 06, 2020
Malian official: Politician Cisse, French aid worker freed
BAMAKO, Mali - Islamic extremists have freed prominent Malian politician Soumaila Cisse after holding him hostage for more than six months, as well as a French aid worker who was kidnapped in 2016, a ...
Oct 06, 2020
Ottawa Aces add bite with six-foot-seven, 275-pound prop Adam Lawton
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Aces have added six-foot-seven, 275-pound prop Adam Lawton for their inaugural 2021 season. Lawton, 27, arrives from fellow League 1 side Newcastle Thunder. He is the 18th player t...
Oct 06, 2020
Quebec reports more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for fifth straight day
OTTAWA - Canada's two most populous provinces remain COVID-19 hot spots today, with Quebec setting a record for new daily case counts. Cases are surging in several parts of the country but Quebec and ...
Oct 06, 2020
