Murray Wood: The most charming words kids say are usually the wrong ones
Kids mispronounce the funniest things. And Murray Wood thinks that sometimes, parents shouldn't rush to fix them.
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B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park to have partial closure, allowing for conservation, tourism
PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - An agreement between the B.C. government and the First Nations that manage Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will see the popular tourist spot closed for part of the year to p...
Apr 25, 2024
Judge reject's Trump's bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge in New York rejected Donald Trump's request for a new trial on Thursday after a jury awarded $83.3 million in damages to a longtime magazine columnist who sued the form...
Apr 25, 2024
'Conscience is clear': N.B. tourism minister, deputy expense $22,500 for Euro trip
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's tourism minister has remained defiant in the face of criticism from opposition members who have questioned the benefits of a weeklong trip to Europe that cost the provinc...
Apr 25, 2024
Top court to examine COVID-related entry limits imposed by Newfoundland and Labrador
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of a pandemic-related restriction that curbed travel for public-health reasons. The top court has agreed to hear arguments about a...
Apr 25, 2024
Canada sanctions Iran defence minister, others after missile attack on Israel
OTTAWA - Canada is targeting Iran's defence minister as part of a new round of sanctions imposed after the country's retaliatory attack on Israel earlier this month. The sanctions affect two instituti...
Apr 25, 2024
Billions of bottles: Canadian statistics paint grim picture of plastic litter problem
OTTAWA - New Canadian data suggest that over a nine-year period between 2012 and 2020, the equivalent of more than 15 billion plastic bottles and as many as 14 billion plastic grocery bags became litt...
Apr 25, 2024
Canada's auto sector faces an EV renaissance, but local job protection is a concern
OTTAWA - Canada's auto industry is experiencing a renaissance as it transitions from building gas-powered vehicles to ones that run on batteries, but some are raising the alarm over the protection of ...
Apr 25, 2024
Alberta to pay nurse practitioners up to 80 per cent of what family doctors make
EDMONTON - The Alberta government announced Thursday a new payment model that would allow nurse practitioners to make 80 per cent of what family doctors are paid. Health Minister Adriana LaGrange said...
Apr 25, 2024
Alberta to appeal ruling ordering release of documents on coal mining in Rockies
EDMONTON - Alberta is appealing a judge's ruling that ordered the release of internal documents on coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountains, said the lawyer for ranchers seeking the information. ...
Apr 25, 2024
Guilbeault seeking ways to end benzene exposure from Sarnia styrene plant
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is looking for options to protect a southern Ontario First Nation from repeated exposure to benzene from a nearby chemical plant, as the plant issues a ...
Apr 25, 2024
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