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Dismissed former trustee taking school board to court, hopes to be reinstated
Ousted former school trustee Monique LaGrange, with help from The Democracy Fund, is officially taking Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools' board to court.The process leading up to LaGrange's removal f...
Dec 21, 2023
Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy days after being ordered to pay $148 million in defamation case
NEW YORK (AP) - Rudy Giulian i has filed for bankruptcy, days after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation lawsuit brought by two former election workers in Georgia who said his targeting o...
Dec 21, 2023
Alberta and Ottawa agree on billion dollar health care funding
EDMONTON - Alberta has signed a more than one-billion-dollar, three-year deal with the federal government to help fund improvements to the province's health-care system. It's the third province to com...
Dec 21, 2023
Quebec introducing new rule to reduce bat deaths linked to wind farms
Quebec's Environment Department says it is introducing a new measure to mitigate the impact of wind farms on bats native to the province. The government will require all future wind farm projects to i...
Dec 21, 2023
Alberta third province to sign health-care funding deal with Ottawa
CALGARY - Alberta has signed a $1.06 billion, three-year deal with the federal government to help fund improvements to the province's health-care system. It's the third province to come to an agreemen...
Dec 21, 2023
Liberals echo Hamas condemnation after militant leader hails Canada ceasefire stance
OTTAWA - The Liberals are stressing that Hamas needs to surrender to Israel, after the militant group praised Ottawa for calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says t...
Dec 21, 2023
Riders sign assistant GMs Carson, Jones to two-year contract extensions
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed assistant general managers Kyle Carson and Paul Jones to two-year contract extensions. Jones will be entering his sixth season as assistant GM for Saskatchewan...
Dec 21, 2023
Blue Bombers sign all-star defensive back Deatrick Nichols to two-year extension
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed American all-star defensive back Deatrick Nichols to a two-year extension, the CFL team announced Thursday. Nichols was scheduled to become a free agen...
Dec 21, 2023
Canada's Jared Schmidt wins gold, sister Hannah takes bronze in World Cup ski cross
INNICHEN, Italy - It was another successful day for Ottawa's Schmidt siblings on the World Cup ski cross circuit. Jared Schmidt won gold in the men's event Thursday, while Hannah Schmidt took bronze i...
Dec 21, 2023
Czech police say people have been killed in a shooting in downtown Prague
PRAGUE (AP) - Czech police say a shooting in downtown Prague has killed an unspecified number of people and wounded others. Police gave no details about the victims or the circumstances of Thursday's ...
Dec 21, 2023