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TSB says brake failure, cold weather led to deadly train derailment near Field, B.C.
CALGARY, AB - An investigation into a fatal train derailment near the British Columbia-Alberta boundary has found the locomotive's brakes failed with prolonged exposure to cold temperatures.The Transp...
Mar 31, 2022
Alberta legislature votes in favour of motion calling for end to federal carbon tax increase
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney continues to voice his opposition to the federal carbon tax. Ottawa is set to increase the carbon tax to $50 per tonne on Friday, April 1. On March 28, Kenney a...
Mar 31, 2022
Conservative party says membership data is safe after reports of alleged hack
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada says it's confident data about its members has not been compromised following reports of an alleged breach. A spokeswoman for Jean Charest's leadership campai...
Mar 31, 2022
Beijing bronze medallist and Brier champ Gushue to wear Maple Leaf again at worlds
Brad Gushue's team has unfinished business in Sin City. They'll try to keep the distractions to a minimum - including the end-of-season departure of Brett Gallant - as they try to win a world men's cu...
Mar 31, 2022
Canada edges farther away from NATO spending target in latest estimate
OTTAWA - New NATO figures suggest Canada is even farther from meeting the military alliance's spending target than previously believed. NATO estimated last June that Canada would spend about 1.39 per ...
Mar 31, 2022
U.S. government reviewing deaths of two belugas moved to Connecticut from Marineland
The U.S. government is reviewing the deaths of two beluga whales that were moved from Marineland in Canada to an American aquarium last year. Havana, a young female beluga, died last month at Mystic A...
Mar 31, 2022
Afghan interpreters demand Ottawa keep promise to help endangered family members
OTTAWA - Dozens of Afghan interpreters who worked with Canada's military gathered on Parliament Hill to demand the federal government help their family members. The government introduced a special imm...
Mar 31, 2022
U.S. using Defense Production Act to kick-start domestic critical minerals production
WASHINGTON - The White House says President Joe Biden will use the Defense Production Act to boost production of critical minerals in the United States. The wartime-era law allows the president to ord...
Mar 31, 2022
HALO to receive more than $1M in annual funding from provincial government
UPDATED STORY: Sustained HALO funding the culmination of almost 20 years of advocacy -----------MEDICINE HAT, AB - For the first time ever HALO (Helicopter Air Lift Operation) is getting guaranteed fu...
Mar 31, 2022
Jack Campbell close to returning for Leafs; Mrazek likely out at least six weeks
TORONTO - Jack Campbell is on the cusp of returning to the Maple Leafs' crease. Petr Mrazek, meanwhile, will once again be out for an extended period. Toronto head coach Sheldon Keefe said before Thur...
Mar 31, 2022