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Federal Conservative leader looking to break Liberal hold on New Brunswick

Federal Tory Leader Andrew Scheer is on a campaign-style swing through New Brunswick, as the party seeks to make gains in a province and region it was shut out of last time. The Liberals captured all 32 federal seats in Atlantic Canada during the 2015 election, including 10 in New Brunswick. Scheer is holding a […]

Quebec skier dies after crashing into trees at Vermont’s Jay Peak resort

A 68-year-old Quebec man has died in a ski accident at the Jay Peak ski resort in northern Vermont. According to Vermont State Police, Bruce Charron of Montreal West lost a ski and then crashed into trees at the edge of a trail at around 12:45 p.m. Sunday. Related Ski hill accident kills 22-year-old man […]

For Virginia Governor Grappling With Race, a Childhood Trying to See Beyond It

ONANCOCK, Va. — When the United States Supreme Court ordered school districts in 1968 to dismantle their segregated classrooms, Wescott and Nancy Northam had a choice to make. As in much of the rest of the country, private schools had popped up in the Northams’ community on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. They were havens for white […]

Calgary Zoo wildlife centre aims to save endangered species

A narrow, snow-covered gravel road winds its way to a hidden gate that opens to a parcel of land on the southern tip of Calgary. But it’s not a typical ranch property. Behind large, wire fences live a Przewalski wild horse native to Mongolia, Vancouver Island marmots, burrowing owls, greater sage grouse and whooping cranes. […]

Undercover spies caught fishing for anti-Israel remarks following Canadian sting

When mysterious operatives lured two Toronto-based cybersecurity researchers to meetings at luxury hotels over the past two months, it was an apparent bid to discredit their research about an Israeli company that makes smartphone hacking technology used by some governments to spy on their citizens. The Associated Press has now learned of similar undercover efforts […]

Fox host ‘hasn’t washed hands in 10 years’

Fox News host Pete Hegseth has confessed on air that he has not washed his hands for 10 years because “germs are not a real thing”. Speaking on Fox and Friends, Hegseth said the infectious micro-organisms did not exist because they could not be seen with the naked eye. “I inoculate myself,” added the Harvard […]

RCMP arrest 15 in alleged international money laundering scheme

The RCMP say they’ve dismantled an international money laundering operation with a series of arrests in Quebec and Ontario Monday. Sgt. Luc Thibault says the force has been investigating the operation since the spring of 2016. He provided few details about the operation, saying more would be revealed at a news conference scheduled for Tuesday […]

Peterborough family seeks to raise awareness of stem cell donation in memory of son

A Peterborough family is speaking out about the importance of stem cell donation after a stranger’s transplant helped their son, Harrison McKinnon. Harrison was born on Sept. 15, 2014, but just after he turned one, the young boy got very sick. “He was ultimately diagnosed with lymphoma — anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. It’s a form of […]

‘Freedom fries’ congressman dies at 76

Republican congressman Walter B Jones, known for changing the name of French fries in government cafeterias to “freedom fries”, has died. Mr Jones was a keen supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and pushed for the name change in protest against France’s opposition to the war. But he later had a complete change of […]

Police investigate Saturday morning assault in Dundonald neighbourhood

A man in Saskatoon was arrested Saturday morning following an alleged assault. Police say were called about a possible shooting in the 400 block of Bowman Crescent shortly before 9 a.m. Officers determined two men were fighting and that one may have had a knife, but no firearm. Medavie Emergency Services treated one man for […]