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One dead following semi-truck collision near Whitecourt
A semi driver in northern Alberta has died after RCMP say his rig rear-ended another semi that was hauling compressed natural gas.Police say it happened yesterday morning at about 8;30 a.m. on Highway...
Dec 19, 2021
COVID-19 cases surge as provinces scramble to re-impose restrictions
Large parts of Canada are starting to hunker down again as a fifth wave of COVID-19 appears to be building, with thousands of new cases being reported across the country. Ontario this morning announce...
Dec 19, 2021
From masks to book banning, conservatives take on educators
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A recent Wyoming school board meeting was again packed with opponents of mask mandates when things took an abrupt turn and a parent started reading aloud sexually explicit passag...
Dec 19, 2021
Johnny Isakson, former Georgia Republican U.S. senator, dies
ATLANTA (AP) - Johnny Isakson, an affable Georgia Republican politician who rose from the ranks of the state Legislature to become a U.S. senator known as an effective, behind-the-scenes consensus bui...
Dec 19, 2021
'She is no more': Icefield rollover survivor who lost wife wants report released
CALGARY - A man who lost his wife when an all-terrain tour bus rolled at the Columbia Icefield in the Rocky Mountains is pressing the RCMP for answers about what happened. Three people were killed and...
Dec 19, 2021
Toews says farmers planning for 2022 after a tough 2021
The MLA for Grande Prairie-Wapiti says 2021 has been "a mixed bag" for agriculture.Travis Toews says the drought is the biggest story of the year, but adds some commodity prices have been at what he c...
Dec 19, 2021
Business is up heading into 2022, but so too are worries about paying off COVID debt
OTTAWA - The 40-strong team of workers at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business that takes calls from the association's members has been hearing a lot about loans. Federal loans, specificall...
Dec 19, 2021
Hunting guides turn to ecotourism as COVID-19 keeps American hunters away
OTTAWA - Hunting guides, hit hard by COVID-19 restrictions on travel keeping foreign customers out of the country, are turning to ecotourism, including wildlife viewing, snowmobiling and guided hikes,...
Dec 19, 2021
Inside the CSIS probe that identified a Canadian mole who spied for Moscow
OTTAWA - An investigation by Canada's spy service concluded that money, ego and career frustrations were the likely reasons a veteran RCMP officer passed highly sensitive secrets to Russian intelligen...
Dec 19, 2021
DJ David Guetta lauds Saudi reforms ahead of show in kingdom
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Internationally known DJ David Guetta has made a home for himself in the Persian Gulf. The French DJ is a resident of the United Arab Emirates, where he has perf...
Dec 19, 2021