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Who's in, who's out and who else could join the race to lead the Conservative party
OTTAWA - As the race to replace Erin O'Toole as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada gets underway, here's a look at the contest so far: Who's in: Pierre Poilievre: The 42-year-old Ottawa-area M...
Feb 07, 2022

Justice Dept. signals it may allow safe injection sites
NEW YORK (AP) - A year after winning a major court battle against the opening of so-called safe injection sites -- safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics with protections against fat...
Feb 07, 2022

Stampeders president/GM Hufnagel not expecting to be active in CFL free agency
John Hufnagel isn't expecting to be a major player when CFL free agency begins Tuesday. That's not a huge surprise given Calgary's president/GM has spent much of the off-season re-signing many of the ...
Feb 07, 2022

RCMP responding to collisions on Highway 3
Alberta Emergency Alert has issued a dust warning for in the Municipal District of Taber and police say they are responding to multiple calls of collisions and near-zero visibility in the town and the...
Feb 07, 2022

Ukraine crisis talks move to Moscow and Washington
MOSCOW (AP) - International efforts to defuse the standoff over Ukraine intensified Monday, with French President Emmanuel Macron holding talks in Moscow and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Washingto...
Feb 07, 2022

Canadian police forces learn from situation in Ottawa during convoy protests
Police forces across Canada took different approaches to protests against COVID-19 measures over the weekend, learning from the situation in Ottawa, where demonstrators and their trucks have remain en...
Feb 07, 2022

StatCan to release COVID-tinged census figure, experts warn against reading too deep
OTTAWA - For the last 40 years, Doug Norris has pored over detailed demographic data gleaned from every census, but even he admits what's coming will be unlike anything he has seen before. Statistics ...
Feb 07, 2022

Medicine Hat man should face more hate crime charges, says human rights group
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A national human rights group is calling for a new round of hate crime charges to be laid against Loki Hulgaard, above and beyond the latest charges the Medicine Hat man is facing.L...
Feb 07, 2022

Province announces funding for Workforce Partnerships program
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government has announced a string of new partnerships to boost Alberta's workforce and help residents find good jobs.A $1.53 million investment under the Workforce Partne...
Feb 07, 2022

U of L faculty vote 92 per cent to strike, could start Thursday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Educators at the University of Lethbridge are set to hit the picket lines on Thursday. The most recent Collective Agreement for academic instructors expired 587 days ago on June 30, 2...
Feb 07, 2022