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'Happy that I'm alive:' Survivor recalls deadly Manitoba tornado hitting Jeep
VIRDEN, Man. - James Blacksmith closes his eyes and goes back to the moment he saw a pine tree viciously uprooted from the earth and topple onto his Jeep's roof. Within seconds, the windows burst from...
Aug 23, 2020
As Freeland takes finance job, crisis will dictate spending plans, experts say
OTTAWA - Perrin Beatty was on his way home from the office when his phone rang. It was Chrystia Freeland, who 24 hours earlier had become Canada's finance minister. For the president of the Canadian C...
Aug 23, 2020
Winner of Conservative leadership race set to be revealed tonight
OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party elects a new leader tonight and whomever wins faces two major challenges right out of the gate. One: the party is the Official Oppostion in the House of Co...
Aug 23, 2020
Spiritwood area left without phone services after SaskTel building fire
Spiritwood RCMP released on Sunday morning there is no way to reach 911 in the Spiritwood area, after a SaskTel building in the town caught fire early in the morning. Those who need police services wi...
Aug 23, 2020
Capitals fire coach Todd Reirden after 2 post-season letdowns
The Washington Capitals have fired coach Todd Reirden after a second consecutive first-round exit in the playoffs. General manager Brian MacLellan announced the move Sunday, three days after the Capit...
Aug 23, 2020
Freeland's 'Plutocrats' book showcases her views on taxes, deficits, joblessness
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau first met Chrystia Freeland at a 2012 Toronto signing for her award-winning book, Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else. The tome...
Aug 23, 2020
Capitals fire coach Todd Reirden after 2 post-season letdowns
The Washington Capitals have fired coach Todd Reirden after a second consecutive first-round exit in the playoffs. General manager Brian MacLellan announced the move Sunday, three days after the Capit...
Aug 23, 2020
Winner of Conservative leadership race set to be revealed tonight
OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party elects a new leader tonight and whomever wins faces two major challenges right out of the gate. One: the party is the Official Oppostion in the House of Co...
Aug 23, 2020
Future priests move from Montreal's Grand Seminaire, ending its 160-year legacy
MONTREAL - Like many post-secondary students preparing for the new school year, Francis Leroux is packing boxes and getting ready to move. But the 23-year-old trainee pri...
Aug 23, 2020
Newfoundland and Labrador premier takes office, now has to win over the public
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As Newfoundland and Labrador's newly minted premier gets to work addressing the province's economic problems, he must turn his attention to another pressing political hurdle: winnin...
Aug 23, 2020
