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Winnipeg MP and former Liberal cabinet minister Jim Carr dies after long illness
OTTAWA - Jim Carr, a Liberal MP from Winnipeg and a former cabinet minister, has died. He was 71. Winnipeg MP Kevin Lamoureux asked the House of Commons for a moment of silence before question period ...
Dec 12, 2022

Business group offers $100,000 reward over attack on Coastal GasLink site
SURREY, B.C. - The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. is offering a $100,000 reward for information about an attack on Coastal GasLink employees at a northern work site in Febr...
Dec 12, 2022

Quonset Days announces 2023 lineup
Quonset Days organizers have announced the full lineup for 2023, led by Tim Hicks.Hicks will headline the show on Saturday, July 22, and will be joined by Madeline Merlo. Stolen Horse and Broadband ar...
Dec 12, 2022

Return to in-person work a contentious issue among federal public servants
OTTAWA - Public servants are voicing their disapproval for an impending mandate to return to the office. To date, government departments have been making their own decisions about remote and hybrid wo...
Dec 12, 2022

More 'sustainable' funding needed to revitalize Indigenous languages, committee hears
OTTAWA - Witnesses testifying at a parliamentary committee say that if the federal government is serious about revitalizing Indigenous languages, it must provide better funding. Several speakers appea...
Dec 12, 2022

Violent crime involving firearms down five per cent: Statistics Canada
OTTAWA - Newly released statistics show violent crime involving firearms dropped five per cent in Canada between 2020 and 2021. According to Statistics Canada, violent crime in general went up four pe...
Dec 12, 2022

Lindgren, Thompson, Nylander named NHL's three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Washington Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren, Buffalo Sabres centre Tage Thompson and Toronto Maple Leafs right-winger William Nylander have been named the NHL's three stars of the week....
Dec 12, 2022

Talks at COP15 need to move 'dramatically forward' if deal to be reached: EU
MONTREAL - Delegates say there is increasing urgency to refine a proposed agreement on protecting the planet's biodiversity as negotiations at a UN meeting in Montreal enter their second week. Ladisla...
Dec 12, 2022

Hockey Canada releases slate of candidates to form new board of directors
CALGARY - Hockey Canada has named its slate of candidates to fill the nine vacant positions on its board of directors on a one-year term. The organization's provincial and territorial members will hol...
Dec 12, 2022

Ted Grimm, longtime mayor of Medicine Hat, passes away
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat's longest-serving mayor has passed away.Ted Grimm died on Saturday, following an illness. Mr. Grimm was in his late 80s.He served as an alderman from 1968-1974, and the...
Dec 12, 2022