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Mike Taylor, keyboardist for Burlington, Ont.-based Walk off the Earth, dies
BURLINGTON, Ont. - The Burlington, Ont.-based band Walk off the Earth has announced the death of keyboardist and vocalist Mike Taylor. In a post on various social media sites Sunday evening, the ...
Jan 01, 2019
Conservative leader says Trudeau will hike carbon tax if he wins vote in 2019
REGINA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer welcomed 2019 with a warning that if Canadians re-elect Justin Trudeau this year, the federal carbon tax that's going to take effect will only climb. "C...
Jan 01, 2019
Canada welcomes a new slate of New Year's Day babies
Families across Canada are welcoming some of the country's first babies of 2019. In Montreal, the McGill University Health Centre says baby Mariella was born at 12:02 a.m. A hospital network in e...
Jan 01, 2019
Nova Scotia community looks forward to brighter year after 2018 marred by tragedy
YARMOUTH, N.S. - A community on the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia is looking forward to a brighter 2019 after a difficult year that's been bookended by tragedy. In early Januar...
Jan 01, 2019
Success of soccer star Alphonso Davies shines spotlight on Free Footie program
EDMONTON - Hundreds of boys and girls run into the field house at a recreation centre where 10 small soccer pitches are set up for an end-of-season tournament. They drop their backpacks, take off...
Jan 01, 2019
Doctors pen 'social prescriptions' aimed at easing depression, loneliness in patients
TORONTO - When Tammy McEvoy was asked to share her time and crafting talents to engage with other patients at her local health centre, she ended up getting back as much as she gave - ma...
Jan 01, 2019
More rallies held to support pipelines; speaker says convoy coming to Ottawa
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Alta. - Speakers at another pro-pipeline rally in Alberta continued their attacks on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday, saying if leaders in Ottawa don't hear their messa...
Dec 31, 2018
Kevin Vickers says he's considering a run for New Brunswick Liberal leadership
TROUT BROOK, N.B. - Kevin Vickers, who became Canada's ambassador to Ireland after being hailed as a hero for helping to end the 2014 attack on Parliament Hill, is considering a move into po...
Dec 31, 2018
Toronto homicide squad being revamped under new leader after tough year
Toronto's homicide squad has had a difficult year - the team has had to investigate a record-breaking number of killings in Canada's most populous city, grapple with a rise in deadly gang violence, ad...
Dec 31, 2018
Liberals look to infrastructure bank to finance rural, remote broadband internet
OTTAWA - The federal infrastructure minister says he is looking to connect private backers with some of the country's rural and northern communities to pay for badly needed broadband in...
Dec 31, 2018
