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Torrential rains: Montreal calls on Quebec to expand flood compensation
MONTREAL - Montreal's mayor says the province must expand its disaster compensation program in the wake of torrential rainfall over the weekend that flooded many homes. Up to 100 millimetres of rain f...
Jul 14, 2025
Provincial government forms 14 regional councils to offer input on local health care
The Alberta government has announced the creation of 14 new regional advisory councils that will allow residents to offer input on how healthcare is implemented in their communities.The councils are m...
Jul 14, 2025
Pitcher Jim Clancy, a longtime Blue Jay and 1982 all-star, dead at 69
TORONTO - Jim Clancy, who made his Major League debut during the Toronto Blue Jays' 1977 expansion season and spent 12 seasons with the club as a key member of its starting rotation, has died at 69. T...
Jul 14, 2025
Province announces more services coming to Chinook Regional Hospital
Work is underway to expand services for Albertans with chronic kidney disease at Chinook Regional Hospital, with the completion of upgrades to surgical facilities.That according to the Alberta governm...
Jul 14, 2025
Drug use sees parole revoked for Kerry Sim, who killed B.C. teen Reena Virk in 1997
VANCOUVER - Day parole has been revoked for the woman who drowned Victoria teenager Reena Virk 28 years ago. A Parole Board of Canada decision says Kerry Sim, known as Kelly Ellard when she was convic...
Jul 14, 2025
Special Olympics athletes return to Medicine Hat from provincials in Grande Prairie
Twenty athletes with Special Olympics Alberta Medicine Hat flying back to Medicine Hat Monday with 19 medals after competing at the Alberta Summer Games in Grande Prairie over the weekend.In the swimm...
Jul 14, 2025
Federal Court says Canada acted 'unreasonably' in denying request to repair home
OTTAWA - The Federal Court says Indigenous Services Canada acted unreasonably to deny funding for mould removal in a house for two First Nations children with asthma under its Jordan's Principle progr...
Jul 14, 2025
Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees. With t...
Jul 14, 2025
Federal Court of Appeal to hear arguments in B.C. ostrich farm avian flu case
OTTAWA - The B.C. ostrich farmers who lost dozens of birds in an outbreak of avian flu last winter will be heading to the Federal Court of Appeal on Tuesday as they try to stop the remainder of their ...
Jul 14, 2025
Cuomo staying in NYC mayor’s race as independent after losing Democratic primary to Mamdani
NEW YORK (AP) - Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he will campaign for mayor of New York City as an independent candidate, staying in a crowded field running against surging left-wing Democratic ...
Jul 14, 2025