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Town of Coaldale employees rally after being locked out
Workers at the Town of Coaldale have been told that they are not allowed back onto their job sites.The municipality's lockout took effect at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 6, 2025.A total of 43 work...
Sep 08, 2025
Freight train slams into a bus outside Mexico City and kills at least 8 people
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A freight train slammed into a double-deck bus northwest of Mexico City early Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring 45, authorities said. The accident took place in an ...
Sep 08, 2025
Self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada' freed on bail in Saskatchewan
A judge has granted the release of Romana Didulo, the self-proclaimed "Queen of Canada," at a bail hearing in Swift Current.Judge Alan Jacobson imposed a number of conditions on Didulo, including that...
Sep 08, 2025
Carney government noncommittal about Canada meeting 2030 climate goals
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney won't say whether Canada will meet its climate goals under the Paris agreement by 2030. Speaking in Newfoundland and Labrador today, Carney was asked by reporters h...
Sep 08, 2025
Federal government says it has found almost 500 ways to cut red tape
OTTAWA - The federal government says it has found almost 500 ways to streamline regulations and cut costs through a 60-day red tape review exercise. Departments and agencies have published reports ide...
Sep 08, 2025
City of Medicine Hat will continue operation of animal pound services
The City of Medicine Hat will continue to operate animal pound services permanently following the cancellation of a request for proposals (RFP).The city assumed operations of animal pound services in ...
Sep 08, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney details tariff relief funding for Atlantic businesses
ST. JOHN'S - Prime Minister Mark Carney says businesses in Atlantic Canada will be able to access $80 million of the tariff relief fund set up by the Liberal government. Ottawa has set aside $1 billio...
Sep 08, 2025
Mounties spikebelt truck near Leader, stolen from Brooks in multi-province effort
A multi-province effort has lead to a stolen truck being located.Brooks RCMP received a report of a stolen Nissan truck on Sept. 4, 2025, at 8:09 a.m., that had been taken sometime overnight.The owner...
Sep 08, 2025
System failed Quebec girl whose 2019 killing led to youth protection reforms: coroner
MONTREAL - A seven-year-old girl from Granby, Que., whose death in 2019 galvanized the province into reforming the youth protection system, was failed by both individuals and institutions, a coroner s...
Sep 08, 2025
Fraud charges for Brooks residents related to contraband cigarettes
Members of the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis tobacco enforcement unit along with Brooks RCMP executed a search warrant at a home in Brooks on September 3, 2025.Two individuals were each charged ...
Sep 08, 2025