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P.E.I. potato farmers seek end to trade suspension, but U.S. officials want more data
FREDERICTON - Farmers on Prince Edward Island say there's no scientific basis for a suspension of exports of Island potatoes to the United States and it needs to be lifted now, but Canadian officials ...
Jan 11, 2022
First Afghan human rights activists arrive six months after Ottawa's promise of help
OTTAWA - Six months after the federal government promised to help thousands of Afghan women leaders, human rights activists and journalists flee to Canada, the first planeload has landed. Immigration ...
Jan 11, 2022
Pope slips out of Vatican to visit record shop, gets CD
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis grew up listening to the opera on the radio, is a fan of Argentine tango and thinks Mozart "lifts you to God." But it still came as a something of a shock to see the 85-year-o...
Jan 11, 2022
Real Estate Board president expects industry to keep growing in Medicine Hat this year
MEDICINE HAT, AB -- Experts are predicting a strong year for the housing market in Medicine Hat following record-breaking sales in 2021.Last year was a great year for the real estate industry, the mar...
Jan 11, 2022
RCMP commissioner breached duty with slow response to watchdog report, judge rules
OTTAWA - A federal judge says RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki flouted the law by failing to respond promptly to a watchdog report about alleged spying on anti-oil protesters. In a newly released decisi...
Jan 11, 2022
Make Inuktitut official language in Canada, says Inuit rep on UN task force
OTTAWA - Canada is to spearhead a 10-year drive by the United Nations to revive and protect worldwide Indigenous languages, including endangered tongues such as Michif, the Mtis language. Aluki Kotier...
Jan 11, 2022
COVID-19 issues recently hit city's fire department
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Staffing at Medicine Hat Fire Services has taken a hit from COVID-19 related issues recently, according to chief Brian Stauth. He says about 10 firefighters were off work at once in...
Jan 11, 2022
Nunavut schools to reopen later this month as COVID-19 case counts decline
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's education minister says students will return to school remotely next week and in-person on Jan. 24. The territory of 40,000 people has been under lockdown since late Decem...
Jan 11, 2022
Oilers GM Ken Holland on Evander Kane: 'I believe in second chances'
Ken Holland isn't closing the door on Evander Kane. In fact, he might end up rolling out the red carpet. The Edmonton Oilers general manager said Tuesday he's spoken to the controversial winger's agen...
Jan 11, 2022
Grande Prairie City Council, organizers discuss hosting 'NASCAR in the sky' event
Grande Prairie City Council heard a presentation on the possibility of a Canadian International Air Race Championship series stop coming to the city at its first meeting of 2022 Monday.Organizers call...
Jan 11, 2022