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Canada considered jobs, inflation in decision to return Russian turbine: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show that Ottawa considered the impact on Canadian jobs and global inflation in its decision to return a turbine being repaired in Montreal to a Russian energy giant....
Aug 12, 2022
City of Iqaluit declares emergency due to water shortage
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit has declared a state of emergency due to a water shortage. The Nunavut capital says there has been a lack of precipitation this summer and flows in the Apex Rive...
Aug 12, 2022
Two-time champion Simona Halep advances past Coco Gauff at National Bank Open
TORONTO - Two-time champion Simona Halep has moved on to the semifinals of the National Bank Open. The Romanian player dispatched Coco Gauff of the United States 6-4, 7-6 on Friday. The 30-year-old Ha...
Aug 12, 2022
Excitement in B.C. Indigenous communities as salmon get past Fraser slide zone
VANCOUVER - Thousands of migrating sockeye and chinook salmon appear to be making it through a massive slide area on the Fraser River on their way to spawn in central British Columbia. Fisheries and O...
Aug 12, 2022
Montenegro gunman kills 11 on the street; police kill him
CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) - A man in Montenegro went on a shooting rampage Friday, killing 11 people on the streets of a city before being shot dead, Montenegro state TV reported, quoting police source...
Aug 12, 2022
Part of Hwy 93 north of Lake Louise collapses into river
LAKE LOUISE, AB - Crews spent much of the morning on Friday, August 12, 2022, getting traffic back into order after part of a highway collapsed.511 Alberta reports that there is a washout on Highway 9...
Aug 12, 2022
Voting deadline looms in race to replace Jason Kenney as Alberta UCP leader, premier
It's deadline day to buy $10 Alberta United Conservative Party (UCP) memberships to vote for the next leader and premier.The party is accepting drop-offs until 5:00 p.m. and online memberships until m...
Aug 12, 2022
Poll suggests most Canadians view Pope's apology as step toward reconciliation
EDMONTON, AB - A poll suggests more than half of Canadians viewed the recent visit by Pope Francis and his apology for abuses at residential schools as a step toward reconciliation.The Angus Reid Inst...
Aug 12, 2022
Wisconsin GOP leader fires 2020 election investigator
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Assembly Republican leader who hired a former state Supreme Court justice to investigate the 2020 election fired him Friday, after the former justice and former Pres...
Aug 12, 2022
Elks host Riders looking to end struggles both at home and against the West
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Elks are trying to stop history from repeating itself. Edmonton opened the 2022 CFL season with a blowout 59-15 loss to the B.C. Lions, and then fell 26-16 to the Saskatchewan ...
Aug 12, 2022