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Veteran broadcast journalists tapped to moderate future leaders’ debates

Veteran broadcast journalists tapped to moderate future leaders’ debates

Oct 28, 2024 | 10:09am
The Leaders’ Debate Commission announced two seasoned broadcast journalists to moderate the French and English leaders’ debates in the next federal election. TVO host Steve Paikin will moderate the English debate, while Patrice Roy, a host at Radio-Canada will handle proceedings for the French debate. Between the two of them, they have moderated a combined […]
Poilievre promises to abolish federal sales tax on new homes under $1 million

Poilievre promises to abolish federal sales tax on new homes under $1 million

Oct 28, 2024 | 10:04am
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says if his party forms government, it will scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold for less than $1 million and push provinces to do the same. Poilievre made the case for the cut in a six-minute video published online, arguing governments are partly to blame for high home […]
Montreal dockworkers hold one-day strike to put pressure on employer

Montreal dockworkers hold one-day strike to put pressure on employer

Oct 27, 2024 | 10:49am
Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal walked off the job early Sunday for a one-day strike aimed at putting pressure on their employer amid difficult contract talks. The union representing nearly 1,200 longshore workers at the country’s second biggest port served notice Thursday for a complete work stoppage from 7 a.m. Sunday until Monday morning. […]
Another bumpy week ahead as Trudeau faces deadlines from Liberal MPs, Bloc

Another bumpy week ahead as Trudeau faces deadlines from Liberal MPs, Bloc

Oct 27, 2024 | 10:37am
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership will continue to be tested this week as he faces deadlines from Liberal MPs who want him to resign and the Bloc Québécois who threaten to trigger an early election. At the Liberal caucus meeting Wednesday, 24 MPs delivered a letter to the prime minister asking him to resign and […]
More details released regarding Thursday’s dangerous persons incidents

More details released regarding Thursday’s dangerous persons incidents

Oct 26, 2024 | 9:40am
RCMP have released more details about the two people arrested following Thursday’s dangerous persons incident. Mounties say the two suspects arrested were captured along the Saskatchewan River bank, The woman arrested was treated for minor injuries following a collision between the Dodge Ram pickup truck and a piece of heavy equipment,while the male suspect escaped […]
Trump and Harris concentrate on Texas with less than 2 weeks to go before Election Day

Trump and Harris concentrate on Texas with less than 2 weeks to go before Election Day

Oct 25, 2024 | 11:24am
Both candidates for the U-S presidency will push for votes in solidly Republican Texas Friday. U-S Vice President Kamala Harris and Beyonce are set to team up for a rally aimed at highlighting the perilous medical fallout from the state’s strict abortion ban and putting the blame squarely on Donald Trump. Harris will be joined by women who […]
RCMP make two arrests in shooting north of Prince Albert

RCMP make two arrests in shooting north of Prince Albert

Oct 25, 2024 | 11:10am
After a robbery in northern Saskatchewan Thursday, two suspects have been arrested, but as many as two more may still be at large.  The incident triggered a dangerous person’s alert that has since been cancelled.  RCMP say the robbery was reported north of Prince Albert Thursday morning. The driver of a vehicle was shot, injured, […]
Crash claims life of 35-year-old Piapot First Nation man

Crash claims life of 35-year-old Piapot First Nation man

Oct 24, 2024 | 2:30pm
A fatal collision occurred on last night at around 6:30 p.m. on Highway #6, about 10 kilometers north of Regina. RCMP confirmed that the driver of one vehicle, a 35-year-old man from Piapot First Nation, died at the scene. An adult male passenger sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital. The other driver […]
McDonald’s tries to reassure customers after deadly E. coli outbreak in U-S

McDonald’s tries to reassure customers after deadly E. coli outbreak in U-S

Oct 23, 2024 | 12:15pm
McDonald’s said Wednesday that customers should feel confident ordering from its restaurants despite a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to its Quarter Pounder hamburgers. The outbreak has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states, and one person has died. A preliminary investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration suggests fresh onions that are served raw […]
‘Send me back to prison,’ Shayla Orthner tells parole board

‘Send me back to prison,’ Shayla Orthner tells parole board

Oct 23, 2024 | 12:10pm
NORTH BATTLEFORD – A former member of the Westside Outlawz street gang convicted for her role in the murder of Tiki Laverdiere of Edmonton, Alta., asked to be sent back to prison after being granted day parole. During a recent hearing with the Parole Board of Canada, 32-year-old Shayla-Ann Victoria Orthner said she wanted to […]

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