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OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole spent $3.69 million on his campaign to win leadership of the party last year. But having raised over $3.7 million, he ended the race with a small surplus. All...

In my last write-up I talked about loneliness and the impact Covid-19 is having on seniors. This next chat I would like to discuss safety for seniors. On-line safety is an important topic as older peo...

New York City's Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza announced Friday he would step down, citing the coronavirus pandemic's personal toll on his family. He will be replaced by Bronx Executive Superinte...

VICTORIA - The future of British Columbia's Site C hydroelectric project could be decided today as Premier John Horgan and his energy minister are scheduled to make an announcement about the massive d...

LONDON - Prince Harry, who decamped from England to Southern California last year, rapped the theme song to the 1990s sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" during a late-night talk show appearance in w...

Lakeland Ford is the 2020 Samuel McLeod Business of the Year. The local dealership was one of ten businesses, organizations or individuals who walked away with the honours Thursday night during a uniq...

WASHINGTON - Bouncing back from months of retrenchment, America's consumers stepped up their spending by a solid 2.4% in January in a sign that the economy may be making a tentative recovery from the ...

Health Canada has approved AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, adding a third vaccine to the list available in Canada and potentially quickening the pace at which Canadians can be vaccinated against the v...

LONDON - A woman who ran away from London as a teenager to join the Islamic State group lost her bid Friday to return to the U.K. to fight for the restoration of her citizenship, which was revoked on ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Two U.S. Navy warships operating in the Mideast have been struck by coronavirus outbreaks, authorities said Friday, with both returning to port in Bahrain. A dozen troops...