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Bloc's leader Blanchet prepared to work with Liberals despite pipeline talk
QUEBEC - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said Thursday that he's willing to work with a re-elected Liberal government, despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's support ...
Oct 24, 2019
B.C. introduces law to implement United Nations declaration on Indigenous rights
VICTORIA - British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to introduce legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, mandating the governm...
Oct 24, 2019
Courts, social services win in Alberta budget; students face tuition increases
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government tabled its first budget Thursday. Here is a look at who might be pleased and who won't be so happy: WINNERS Bibliophiles: Government ...
Oct 24, 2019
Some highlights from the first budget of Alberta's United Conservatives
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government tabled its budget Thursday. Here are some of the highlights: - $8.7-billion deficit on revenues of $50 billion. - Debt projected to rise from the cu...
Oct 24, 2019
B.C. businessman David Sidoo faces new allegations in college bribery scandal
VANCOUVER - A well-known businessman and philanthropist from British Columbia faces fresh allegations in a new indictment filed in a college bribery scandal unfolding in the United States. David ...
Oct 24, 2019
Man facing multiple charges including assault and carjacking in Lethbridge
A man faces multiple charges in Lethbridge including an assault with a machete and a carjacking.Lethbridge police say the assault occurred on Sunday, followed by another assault, carjacking, kidnappin...
Oct 24, 2019
Climate change activist Greta Thunberg visits glacier in Jasper National Park
JASPER, Alta. - Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has visited a glacier in Jasper National Park on her way to Vancouver to attend a climate rally. In a tweet to her followers, the Swedish te...
Oct 24, 2019
Storm add another defenceman from BCHL
The Storm have acquired yet another blue liner from the BCHL.The team has acquired 18-year-old defenceman Juliano Santalucia from the Surrey Eagles, in exchange for future considerations.The deal come...
Oct 24, 2019 Photo: Twitter / Surrey Eagles (@SurreyEagles)
New Alberta budget has money for new schools, maintains health care funding, no money for public sector pay increases
Finance Minister and GP-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews repeated the province would be cutting spending by 2.8 per cent over four years when giving the budget speech Thursday afternoon in the Alberta legislat...
Oct 24, 2019 Finance Minister and GP-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews delivers the budget speech in the Alberta Legislature.
Eastlink Centre's 25 metre pool temporarily shut down due to bacterial contamination
The Eastlink Centre's 25 metre pool has been temporarily shut down due to a bacterial contamination of pseudomonas aeruginosa.There is no timeline so far for when it will re-open, but all aquatics pro...
Oct 24, 2019 Photo: Curtis Galbraith