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'Not funny inside': Edmonton’s renovated, ridiculed library opens to the public

EDMONTON — Some Edmontonians who got a peek inside the city's new downtown library say it's what's inside that matters. The Stanley A. Milner Library opened its doors to the public Thursday, four years after closing for renovations.

Sep 17, 2020 5:23 PM Read more >

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 17

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:42 p.m. EDT on Sept. 17, 2020: There are 140,867 confirmed cases in Canada.

Sep 17, 2020 4:43 PM Read more >

Broadcaster Marci Ien to run for Liberals in Bill Morneau's old riding

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals have named broadcaster Marci Ien as their candidate in the riding formerly held by Bill Morneau.

Sep 17, 2020 4:22 PM Read more >

Wage subsidy extension into 2021 critical for tourism sector to survive: industry

OTTAWA — A coalition of organizations representing the tourism sector says the federal government must keep its wage-subsidy program in place well into next year to help businesses with dire prospects for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sep 17, 2020 4:05 PM Read more >

Appeals court sides with English school boards fighting Quebec law that abolishes them

MONTREAL — Quebec's highest court has upheld a stay granted last month to English school boards that are challenging the provincial government's attempt to abolish them.

Sep 17, 2020 3:44 PM Read more >

Indigenous lawyer files lawsuit against firm representing day school survivors

WINNIPEG — An Indigenous lawyer has filed a lawsuit against the firm that represented survivors of Indian day schools, alleging she was not compensated for years of her work on the class-action case.

Sep 17, 2020 3:34 PM Read more >

Trudeau starts consultations with opposition leaders on next week's throne speech

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began consulting opposition leaders Thursday about next week's throne speech, which could theoretically bring down his minority Liberal government if none of their parties support it.

Sep 17, 2020 3:27 PM Read more >

N.S. premier seeks probe of possible criminality by police in Assoun case

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's premier says he wants the province's police watchdog to assess whether officers broke the law when they destroyed evidence in the case of a man who spent almost 17 years in prison before being declared innocent.

Sep 17, 2020 3:15 PM Read more >

Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court upholds province's COVID-19 travel ban

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The province of Newfoundland and Labrador was justified in banning most travel from other provinces because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a provincial Supreme Court judge ruled on Thursday.

Sep 17, 2020 3:05 PM Read more >

'Taken too soon, too violently,' says woman whose husband, kids were shot dead

A woman who lost her husband and three of her children in a grisly shooting in Oshawa, Ont.

Sep 17, 2020 2:47 PM Read more >