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Granum residents vote to dissolve town and become part of M.D. of Willow Creek
GRANUM, AB - The Town of Granum will soon be no more.Residents voted to dissolve the municipal government and become part of the Municipal District of Willow Creek.The results of the vote will be incl...
Nov 08, 2019 Granum highway sign. (Supplied by 5of7 on Flickr)
Kenney criticized for $16,000 flight for other premiers
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Jason Kenney spent more than $16,000 of taxpayer money to fly Conservative premiers and their spouses on a charter flight, NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley said Thursday...
Nov 08, 2019 (File photo from The Canadian Press)
Octavia Spencer to receive honour from Producers Guild
LOS ANGELES - The Producers Guild of America will honour Octavia Spencer for her work behind-the-camera at its 2020 awards show. Spencer, who was among the producers of last year's best picture Oscar ...
Nov 08, 2019
Celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary, wife sued in deadly boat crash
TORONTO - A fatal boat crash on an Ontario lake this summer has prompted a wrongful death lawsuit against celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary and his wife Linda O'Leary, who was dr...
Nov 08, 2019
Scheer survives leadership review by MPs, but now must take his case on the road
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer emerged from a marathon caucus meeting Wednesday, declaring that Conservative MPs are united behind his leadership after they declined to give themselves the power to ...
Nov 08, 2019
Montreal borough can restrict fast food restaurants for health reasons: court
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge has upheld a Montreal borough's bylaw that limits where new fast food restaurants can open as part of a broader health initiative. The decision last month from Queb...
Nov 08, 2019
Officer says she noticed nothing unusual with man who died in Halifax jail cell
HALIFAX - A special constable facing criminal charges in an inmate's death testified she didn't notice anything unusual about the prisoner as she checked on him in his cell. Const. Cheryl Gardner told...
Nov 08, 2019
Provincial police teaming up with Montreal force to battle organized crime
MONTREAL - After recording 17 organized crime-related killings in the greater Montreal area since Jan 1., Quebec and Montreal police announced Wednesday the creation of a permanent mixed squad de...
Nov 08, 2019
Halifax museum honours legacy of former member of Canadian-U.S. Black Devils
HALIFAX - A new museum exhibit was unveiled today honouring a Nova Scotia member of a famed Canada-U.S. army unit during the Second World War known as the Black Devils. Herb Peppard of Truro...
Nov 08, 2019
Veteran defensive end Bowman back in CFL playoffs with Montreal Alouettes
He's back in the CFL playoffs for the first time in five years, still playing at an all-star level, and has a head coach who's making him feel more than a decade younger. But even all that's...
Nov 08, 2019