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Washington’s Chris Petersen resigns, Jimmy Lake to take over
SEATTLE - Chris Petersen has always worked according to his own schedule. During eight seasons as the head coach at Boise State he brought the Broncos into the elite of college football, never in a ru...
Dec 4, 2019
Action plan on missing, murdered Indigenous women coming by June: Bennett
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the federal government will release by June 2020 its plan to respond to the final report of the inquiry into missing an...
Dec 4, 2019
Scheer warns Liberals his Tories are watching as Parliament prepares to return
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says there will be no more free rides in the House of Commons for the Liberal government. Scheer says his Opposition intends to fight hard now that the days ...
Dec 4, 2019
Province announces $286-million to bolster rural policing
The Government of Alberta has announced a major new investment into policing for small communities, but they will feel the impacts on their wallets.$286-million will be spent over the next five years,...
Dec 4, 2019 Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer announces funding for rural policing. (Supplied by Government of Alberta)
Ontario not on track to achieving emissions reductions targets: auditor
TORONTO - Ontario is unlikely to meet its 2030 emissions target under its current climate change plan - and Premier Doug Ford's government knows it, the province's auditor gen...
Dec 4, 2019
Student in custody after shooting at Milwaukee-area school
MILWAUKEE - A police officer shot an armed male student in a classroom at a suburban Milwaukee high school Monday morning after the teenager pointed a gun at officers, a police chief said. Officers pe...
Dec 4, 2019
US Rep. Denny Heck of Washington state says he's retiring
SEATTLE - Democratic Rep. Denny Heck of Washington state said Wednesday that he is retiring from Congress. Heck is serving his fourth term representing Washington's 10th District, southwest of Seattle...
Dec 4, 2019
Halliburton suspending cementing operations in Grande Prairie, other parts of Alberta
Texas-based oilfield company Halliburton has announced it is suspending its cementing operations in Alberta at the end of this month.That will have an effect here in Grande Prairie, as the local opera...
Dec 4, 2019
Top NHL draft prospects Lafreniere, Byfield named to Canada's world junior camp
Canada will be counting on Alexis Lafreniere for offence at the upcoming world junior hockey championship. And with the status of some of the other veterans from last year's team up in the a...
Dec 4, 2019
Downhill training cancelled at Lake Louise due to snow accumulation
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Wednesday's downhill training session at the women's alpine skiing World Cup stop at Lake Louise has been cancelled due to snow accumulation on the course. The Environment Canada ...
Dec 4, 2019