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2020 Magic Variety Show proceeds go to burn fund
The Prince Albert Firefighters' third annual 2020 Magic Variety Show is right around the corner.On Friday at 7 p.m. at the Plaza 88 Event Centre an all ages production featuring magic, comedy, and ill...
Jan 23, 2020 (Prince Albert Fire Department/Facebook)
Quebec professors appeal to Supreme Court ruling on succession to British throne
MONTREAL - While Prince Harry is shaking up the British monarchy, Canada's Supreme Court is being asked to throw out a law that modified the rules governing succession to the throne. Tw...
Jan 23, 2020
21st Annual Monty Funspiel
The 21st Annual Monty Funspiel will be February 1 at the Golf and Curling Centre.this is the ultimate one day FUNspiel.This year's Let's Make a Difference goal is $40,000!
Jan 23, 2020
It was heralded as one of Quebec City's earliest fortifications, but was it?
MONTREAL - It was heralded in 2018 as a major historic find: a 15-metre segment of a wood palisade, built in 1693 by French troops and settlers to protect against attacks from British and Indigen...
Jan 23, 2020
Canada brings home first plane-crash victim, pushes Iran to respect families
OTTAWA - The first body of a Canadian who died in the Tehran plane crash has come home, the country's foreign minister said Tuesday, as the government pushed Iran to respect the wishes ...
Jan 23, 2020
In St. John's, N.L., hopes rise of return to normalcy in daily life — and death
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - There's hope in St. John's, N.L., that the daily concerns of life - and death - will slowly begin returning to normal over the weekend. Thursday marked the provincial capital's...
Jan 23, 2020
Commemorative stamp pays tribute to all-black hockey league in the Maritimes
CHERRY BROOK, N.S. - Canada Post plans to unveil a commemorative stamp today that pays tribute to an all-black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes. The stamp tells the...
Jan 23, 2020
Longtime Quebec union leader Fernand Daoust dead at 93 after illness
MONTREAL - Fernand Daoust, a long-time Quebec union leader best known for his time with the Quebec Federation of Labour (FTQ), has died at 93. The cause of death wasn't made public but ...
Jan 23, 2020
Sides in Regina refinery labour dispute lay down conditions for talks to resume
REGINA - The owner of a Regina oil refinery where workers are locked out in a contract dispute says there has been a discussion with the union about returning to the bargaining table. But Fe...
Jan 23, 2020
Commemorative stamp pays tribute to all-black hockey league in the Maritimes
CHERRY BROOK, N.S. - Canada Post plans to unveil a commemorative stamp today that pays tribute to an all-black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes. The stamp tells the...
Jan 23, 2020
