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Trailer Park Boys add landmark Halifax eatery, bars to growing business empire

Trailer Park Boys add landmark Halifax eatery, bars to growing business empire

HALIFAX — The Trailer Park Boys, Nova Scotia's supposedly dopey mockumentary stars, are amassing a business empire spanning an online comedy network, production studio, beverage deals, marijuana branding and now a landmark Halifax restaurant and bar

Man missing after going under water while out on eastern Ontario lake

ADDINGTON HIGHLANDS, Ont. — Provincial police say they're searching for a man who disappeared on Saturday while out on an eastern Ontario lake. They say the 47-year-old Belleville, Ont.
Disgruntled U.S. Tim Hortons franchisees follow Canadian example, form alliance

Disgruntled U.S. Tim Hortons franchisees follow Canadian example, form alliance

TORONTO — A group representing Tim Hortons franchisees who are unhappy with the management of the coffee-and-doughnut chain says it now has a U.S. chapter, a development that could put further pressure on the parent company.
Nunavut's suicide strategy includes Facebook, giving communities more control

Nunavut's suicide strategy includes Facebook, giving communities more control

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Social media plays a central role in a five-year plan aimed at reducing the number of suicides in Nunavut.
Liberals launch counter-radicalization centre, adviser to be appointed later

Liberals launch counter-radicalization centre, adviser to be appointed later

OTTAWA — The federal government's long-promised counter-radicalization centre is now open, but the appointment of a special adviser to shape a national strategy could be months away.
Chronology of events in former nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer's case

Chronology of events in former nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer's case

WOODSTOCK, Ont.

Air Miles raises cap on in-store redemptions effective Monday

TORONTO — Air Miles is raising some of the recent daily limits imposed on redeeming miles for in-store purchases from retailers.

Police lay more charges against former Ontario fire chief

KINGSVILLE, Ont. — Police say they've laid more charges against the former fire chief of Kingsville, Ont. Robert Kissner retired earlier this year after provincial police laid a raft of sex-related charges against him.

Man, two children killed in crash in Mississauga, Ont.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — A man and two children have been killed in a head-on crash just west of Toronto. The crash happened late Sunday in Mississauga, Ont. Peel Police Const.
Canada urged direct women's aid to small, grassroots groups

Canada urged direct women's aid to small, grassroots groups

OTTAWA — Faida Mwangilwa is vetting 78 applications for 26 projects that will direct cash to women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where poverty and rape as a weapon of war have created no shortage of need.
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