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Forge FC, Atletico Ottawa record convincing wins in Canadian Championship play
Forge FC and Atletico Ottawa, the top two teams in the Canadian Premier League, posted convincing victories in Canadian Championship preliminary-round play Wednesday. Forge, which tops the CPL standin...
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'Thunderhead' LGBTQ national monument breaks ground in Ottawa
OTTAWA - After a rainy night in Ottawa, the sun broke through Wednesday afternoon ahead of a ceremony to break ground for a national LGBTQ+ monument. That was no coincidence, Albert McLeod told a crow...
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London Drugs phone lines working, stores still closed after cybersecurity incident
VANCOUVER - London Drugs says its phone lines are working again after being taken offline in response to a cybersecurity incident. A statement from the Richmond, B.C.-based pharmacy and retail chain s...
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Alberta government reverses planned cut to aid funding for low-income transit riders
The Alberta government is reversing its plan to axe a subsidy program that helps low-income people pay for transit passes.Social Services Minister Jason Nixon said the mayors of Edmonton and Calgary h...
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Province aiming to help communities save money, lower energy costs
Officials with the provincial government say Alberta's new $6-million program will help municipalities make energy-saving upgrades, reducing costs and emissions.Provincial officials note that arenas, ...
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Alberta-Montana passenger rail service proposed
A non-profit group in Alberta is looking to build an international train route, connecting the prairie province and Montana.Integrated Travel Research and Development has released its Alberta-Montana ...
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Oil begins moving on Canada’s $34B Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Smith calls it ‘monumental’
Canada's energy sector as well as the country's main oil-producing province celebrated Wednesday as the long-awaited $34-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion officially came online.Crown corporat...
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Alberta government reverses planned cut to aid funding for low-income transit riders
The Alberta government is reversing its plan to axe a subsidy program that helps low-income people pay for transit passes.It comes after a day of backlash from the mayors of Edmonton and Calgary.The p...
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Southern Alberta community gets 46 cm of snow
Parts of southern Alberta received around 1.5 feet of snowfall on Tuesday and a snowfall warning remains in effect.Environment Canada says heavy snow fell over sections of southwestern Alberta from Mo...
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Alberta begins third phase of ‘Alberta is Calling’ campaign
The province has launched the third phase of the Alberta is Calling campaign to attract skilled workers to Alberta.The campaign, which is now in-market in British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario, provide...
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