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What'sHappeningNOW Feb. 6, 2020
News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with Reporter Alison Sandstrom about a few land deals the City of P.A. is involved in.
Feb 06, 2020
Second psychiatrist had worried Desmond was 'falling through the cracks'
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A psychiatrist who assessed Lionel Desmond two days before he fatally shot his family and himself says the former soldier showed no signs he was planning to hur...
Feb 06, 2020
Taxpayer group reveals 43,000 Quebec public sector workers earn $100,000 or more
MONTREAL - Quebec's hydro utility, the city of Montreal and McGill University are among the public bodies in the province that employ the most people earning six-figure salaries, a...
Feb 06, 2020
Canada has secured second charter flight out of Wuhan, set to leave next week
The federal government has chartered a second flight to bring Canadians home from the centre of the new coronavirus outbreak next week. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne s...
Feb 06, 2020
Health officials investigating Imperial Tobacco ad campaign on vaping
MONTREAL - Health Canada and its provincial counterpart in Quebec are investigating a widely disseminated Imperial Tobacco advertisement on vaping to see whether it violates advertising laws...
Feb 06, 2020
Transportation board investigation into deadly B.C. derailment enters next phase
CALGARY - The Transportation Safety Board says a year after a fatal train derailment near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary, it is ready to compile the information it has gathered into a repo...
Feb 06, 2020
Fiery train derailment in Saskatchewan, residents evacuated from area
GUERNSEY, Sask. - A freight train derailed in rural Saskatchewan on Thursday morning and residents were being evacuated from the area. The train jumped the tracks about 6:15 a.m. near G...
Feb 06, 2020
Top Ontario health official says coronavirus surveillance is widening
TORONTO - Ontario's chief medical officer of health says surveillance for novel coronavirus in the province is widening outside of those who have recently travelled to the affected regions of China. I...
Feb 06, 2020
Liberals revive Rona Ambrose's bill on sexual assault law training for judges
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has picked up a cause formerly championed by senior Conservative Rona Ambrose, bringing in a bill aimed at ensuring judges are trained in sexual-assault law. The n...
Feb 06, 2020
Quebec to table provincial budget March 10 with emphasis on environment
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard says the province's fiscal 2020-21 budget will be tabled March 10. It will be Girard's second budget since the Coalition Avenir Quebec won government in 2...
Feb 06, 2020
