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Redcliff to begin a new festive tradition
REDCLIFF, AB - A new tradition will start in Redcliff later this month, one that residents will be able to watch grow for generations.The Town of Redcliff, the Redcliff Youth Centre and Redcliff Famil...
Nov 16, 2021
Michigan judge rejects attorney general's effort to move Line 5 case to state court
WASHINGTON - A judge in Michigan has rejected the state attorney general's effort to get the dispute over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline kicked out of federal court. U.S. Circuit Court Judge Janet N...
Nov 16, 2021
B.C.'s flooded, devastated highways strand hockey teams, halt games
Getting a hockey team home is half the battle in B.C. as mudslides, floods and collapsing highways have stranded several. Teams and leagues relying on bus travel will also face the question "how do we...
Nov 16, 2021
Alberta proposes bill to overhaul, publicize teacher discipline and decisions
EDMONTON - Alberta is proposing legislation to make public the names and case details of teachers disciplined for unprofessional conduct or incompetence.The bill introduced by Education Minister Adria...
Nov 16, 2021
Veterans Affairs' case managers near 'breaking point,' union warns
OTTAWA - The head of the union representing Veterans Affairs Canada case managers is warning her members are near their "breaking point" thanks to an excessive amount of work and lack of support from ...
Nov 16, 2021
AP source: House to vote on censuring Gosar over video
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House will vote Wednesday on a resolution to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for tweeting an animated video that depicted him striking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
Nov 16, 2021
Montreal mayor calls for federal action on gun violence after teen's shooting
MONTREAL - The "cowardly" shooting of a 16-year-old boy Sunday in Montreal is renewing calls for the government to do more about gun violence as authorities work to solve his murder. Thomas Trudel, 16...
Nov 16, 2021
Health minister says announcement coming on COVID-19 border measure changes
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the federal government will announce changes to COVID-19 prevention measures at the Canadian border "very soon." The government has faced mounting pressu...
Nov 16, 2021
Discussions to resolve B.C. pipeline blockade have reached a pivotal point: Miller
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says all parties are at a "critical junction" in the discussions toward a resolution on the blockade set up at the Coastal GasLink natural gas ...
Nov 16, 2021
Economic rights not limitless, Appeal Court hears in B.C. old-growth logging case
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing protesters opposed to old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island told a British Columbia Court of Appeal hearing that there are limits to a company's economic an...
Nov 16, 2021