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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...
Jan 02, 2019
Figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond to receive Order of Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Figure skating champion Kaetlyn Osmond will be receiving the highest honour in her home province - the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador. Osmond, 23, left Marystown, N.L....
Jan 02, 2019
Gender pay gap widest at top of the corporate ladder, new report says
OTTAWA - A new report on the country's highest-paid CEOs is adding evidence to the argument that women face a "double-pane glass ceiling" at the top of Canada's corporate ladder - first in g...
Jan 01, 2019
Consider making some criminal pardons automatic, MPs recommend
OTTAWA - A panel of MPs wants the federal government to look at making criminal pardons automatic for some offenders who have served their sentences. The House of Commons public safety committee ...
Jan 01, 2019
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
