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Innovation minister defends 'superclusters' following critical report
OTTAWA - Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains is seeking to pump enthusiasm back into the government's "supercluster" program following a report from the parliamentary spending watchdog that says the eff...
Oct 28, 2020
Report raises 'serious concerns' about progress on prison isolation units: minister
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair acknowledges that an independent report raises "serious concerns" about progress on implementing new units for isolating federal prisoners from the general j...
Oct 28, 2020
Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer not casting a ballot in U.S. election
OTTAWA - Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, whose dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship became an issue in last year's federal election, won't be casting a ballot in the upcoming American vote. ...
Oct 28, 2020
Fatality inquiry into slaying of Nova Scotia family delayed until next year
HALIFAX - Lawyers taking part in an inquiry investigating why former soldier Lionel Desmond killed his family and himself in 2017 say hearings won't resume until next year, a delay they say is difficu...
Oct 28, 2020
Alberta union leaders launch protest website against UCP government
EDMONTON - Labour-union leaders are urging Albertans to sign up to protest Premier Jason Kenney's government through rallies and demonstrations and, if necessary, province-wide general strikes.Gil McG...
Oct 28, 2020
Local CMHA receiving more than $220,000 to increase suicide prevention supports
The local Canadian Mental Health Association is receiving more than $220,000 from the provincial government to increase access to quality suicide prevention information, awareness and training program...
Oct 28, 2020
Focus on infrastructure, involve community to fix reserve water issues: observers
The evacuation of a remote Ontario First Nation over the latest development in a decades-long water crisis has highlighted the need to focus on reserve water infrastructure systems as a whole and invo...
Oct 28, 2020
Second charge laid against Penhold man following Sept. 20 anti-racism rally
A Penhold man faces an additional charge stemming from an anti-racism rally that turned violent in Red Deer on Sept. 20. RCMP said their investigation into the altercations that broke out at the rally...
Oct 28, 2020
National Lacrosse League will wait until April to attempt to start next season
PHILADELPHIA - The National Lacrosse League hopes to start its next season in April. The NLL said Wednesday it is targeting the weekend of April 9-11 to begin play during the COVID-19 pandemic. The se...
Oct 28, 2020
Call for action as U.S. reports sharp drop in North Atlantic right whale population
HALIFAX - A conservation organization is calling on the Canadian and U.S. governments to take action to protect North Atlantic right whales after new American data revealed a sharp decline in the enda...
Oct 28, 2020