Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
Murray Wood and a couple of hundred others attended a birthday party on the weekend for a woman who turned 100, and cele...
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Parole denied for killer-rapist Paul Bernardo after 25 years
BATH, Ont. - Convicted rapist and killer Paul Bernardo has been denied parole. A National Parole Board panel at the Millhaven Institution in eastern Ontario made the decision today. Bernardo has spent...
Oct 17, 2018
RM wanted cheaper option for bridge that fell: rural municipalities director
By Ryan McKenna, The Canadian Press REGINA - The Saskatchewan municipality where a newly built bridge collapsed hours after opening had been approved for $750,000 in provincial funding to go toward co...
Oct 16, 2018
U.S. pot firms urge Trump to deny Canadian producers’ ‘competitive advantage’
By James McCarten WASHINGTON - An American cannabis producer is warning President Donald Trump that Canada is poised to dominate the North American marijuana industry unless the United States takes st...
Oct 16, 2018
Transport Canada to take new look at rules, research on school bus seatbelts
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau is ordering his department to take a fresh look at the data on school bus safety and seatbelts. Garneau says if seatbelts are properly used and installed on bu...
Oct 15, 2018
Owner of trucking company involved in Humboldt bus crash charged
EDMONTON - The owner of an Alberta trucking company involved in the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash has been charged. Alberta Transportation Minister Brian Mason said Wednesday that Sukhmander Singh ...
Oct 10, 2018
‘Actions of a coward:’ Lawyer who lost hand in letter bomb speaks at sentencing
By Steve Lambert WINNIPEG - A lawyer who was seriously injured when she opened a letter bomb in her office says the man who sent it to her is a coward who has left her with permanent scars and a long ...
Oct 03, 2018
Feds restarting Indigenous talks over pipeline, won’t appeal court decision
OTTAWA - The federal government will not appeal the court decision that tore up cabinet approval for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and is appointing former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucc...
Oct 03, 2018
Loblaw recalls chicken fries for possible salmonella after four people become ill
OTTAWA - Loblaw Companies Ltd. is recalling certain $10 chicken fries due to possible salmonella contamination that caused four people to become ill. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says consumers...
Oct 02, 2018
Snow kidding: Calgarians slog through streets after heavy, wet snowfall
CALGARY - The morning commute proved difficult in Calgary after a dump of wet, heavy snow overnight covered city streets and sidewalks. Calgary Transit tweeted that buses were running late and some we...
Oct 02, 2018
U.S. president cheers new USMCA trade deal, heralds end of NAFTA era
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is taking a victory lap at the White House, cheering Sunday's last-minute free trade deal and pronouncing the death of the 25-year-old North American Free Trad...
Oct 01, 2018
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Sarah Mills: There are echoes of Brexit in the Albert separation issue
A referendum over whether Alberta should separate from Canada is looming closer, and Sarah Mills says there are similari...
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