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Alberta government lifts coal mining moratorium, critics say it's 'open season'
EDMONTON - Alberta's government has quietly rescinded its moratorium on new coal exploration and development in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. It's a move critics say means the province ha...
Jan 20, 2025
Trump issues sweeping pardon of supporters charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Monday said he was pardoning about 1,500 of his supporters who have been charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, using his sweeping clemency power...
Jan 20, 2025
Authorities say a US border patrol agent has been shot and killed in Vermont south of border
COVENTRY, Vt. (AP) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed Monday in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said. The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Customs and Border Prot...
Jan 20, 2025
Senate passes immigrant detention bill that could be the first measure Trump signs into law
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fresh off President Donald Trump's inauguration, the Senate on Monday passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes, the...
Jan 20, 2025
Oilers' McDavid, Canucks' Myers each suspended three games by NHL
NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid for three games for his cross-check to the head of Vancouver Canucks winger Conor Garland. McDavid was given a match penalty l...
Jan 20, 2025
Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving Trump the first member of his Cabinet
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day. Rubi...
Jan 20, 2025
Senate passes immigrant detention bill that could be the first measure Trump signs into law
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fresh off President Donald Trump's inauguration, the Senate on Monday passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes, the...
Jan 20, 2025
Tom McVie's hockey career took him from the Johnstown Jets to the Boston Bruins
Tom McVie, who coached the New Jersey Devils, Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets, has died. He was 89. McVie, also a longtime member of the Boston Bruins organization, died Sunday at his home in Va...
Jan 20, 2025
CFLPA 'strongly protests' league's suspension of veteran DB Loucheiz Purifoy
TORONTO - The CFL Players' Association says it "strongly protests" the CFL's suspension of defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy for violating its drug policy. Hours before the CFL announced it was suspendi...
Jan 20, 2025
Salmonella linked to recalled mini pastries may have infected nearly 1,600: PHAC
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada said nearly 1,600 people may have been infected with salmonella linked to the recall of mini pastries. The federal agency's director of outbreak management...
Jan 20, 2025