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Prime Minister Trudeau visits storm-damaged Quebec islands, promises aid for region
HAVRE-AUBERT, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Quebec's les-de-la-Madeleine today, promising federal support for the archipelago hammered by post-tropical storm Fiona last weekend. Trudeau...
Sep 29, 2022

WHL teams with Orange Shirt Society before National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
CALGARY - The Western Hockey League and the Orange Shirt Society announced a new partnership on Thursday with initiatives to recognize and commemorate the legacy of residential schools. Orange Shirt D...
Sep 29, 2022

Vancouver gas prices pass $2.39, breaking North American record: analyst
VANCOUVER - Gas prices in Vancouver have hit a new high of more than $2.39 a litre at some stations, blowing past the previous peak set this summer. One gas analyst says that's a new all-time record f...
Sep 29, 2022

Physicians sign new agreement with Alberta government
EDMONTON - More than two-and-a-half years after Alberta's former health minister tore up the government's master agreement with physicians, a new one has been ratified.Members of the Alberta Medical A...
Sep 29, 2022

Trudeau rejects Russia referendum, again promises sanctions
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has condemned votes in occupied parts of Ukraine to join Russia, but gave no timeline for sanctions Canada promised a week ago. Trudeau says the referendums are ...
Sep 29, 2022

3 Russian cosmonauts return safely from Intl Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) - Three Russian cosmonauts returned safely Thursday from a mission to the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft carrying Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and Sergey Korsakov...
Sep 29, 2022

Brooks Bandits headed to the AJHL Showcase this weekend in Blackfalds
BROOKS, AB - The Alberta Junior Hockey League will hold its annual showcase this weekend in Blackfalds where the Brooks Bandits will take the ice twice.The weekend is meant to put the league's young t...
Sep 29, 2022

Data breach at border agency contractor involved up to 1.38 million licence plates
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog says a data breach at a contractor for Canada's border agency involved as many as 1.38 million licence plate images. In a report released today detailing its inve...
Sep 29, 2022

Giddy-up: Cowboy Poetry and Western Music Show ready to ride
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The third annual Medicine Hat Cowboy Poetry and Western Music Show goes Saturday, bringing together poets, musicians and a group of dogs for the event at the Medicine Hat High Schoo...
Sep 29, 2022

Pierre Poilievre's complaint didn't influence 'Diagolon' leader's arrest: RCMP
The RCMP say Jeremy MacKenzie's arrest yesterday was not influenced by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's request to have them look into comments MacKenzie made about sexually assaulting Poilievre...
Sep 29, 2022