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Federal government runs $11-billion deficit for April-to-December period
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $11.0 billion over the first nine months of its 2019-20 fiscal year. The result compared with a surplus of $324 million for the same period of its 2018...
Feb 28, 2020
Feds ask shipyards to make their cases for building missing heavy icebreaker
OTTAWA - There is a new lead in the case of the missing icebreaker, though exactly how the story will end remains to be seen. The fate of the Canadian Coast Guard's next heavy icebreaker has been wrap...
Feb 28, 2020
Privacy watchdog probes RCMP's use of facial-recognition software
OTTAWA - The federal privacy commissioner is investigating the RCMP's use of cutting-edge facial-recognition software. The technology made by American company Clearview AI gathers huge numbers of...
Feb 28, 2020
Lawsuit over African mine can be heard in British Columbia: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - A human-rights lawsuit against a Canadian mining company can be heard in British Columbia, even though it involves events in Africa, the Supreme Court of Canada ...
Feb 28, 2020
Manitoba pushes ahead with carbon tax court challenge; still hoping for deal
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is pushing ahead with a court challenge of the federal carbon tax although Premier Brian Pallister says he'd still like to see a deal with Ottawa. Pallister say...
Feb 28, 2020
Alberta seeks partners for 164 parks to focus spending on 'high value areas'
EDMONTON - The Alberta government wants to hand off management of 164 provincially run parks to outside groups. The move was hinted at in yesterday's budget and confirmed by a spokeswoman for Environm...
Feb 28, 2020
Pipeline talks with hereditary chiefs resume for second day in northern B.C.
SMITHERS, B.C. - The hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en are meeting for a second day with senior federal and provincial ministers as they try to break an impasse in a pipeline dispute tha...
Feb 28, 2020
GPAC Major Midget Storm take game one; Bantam boys and girls host playoff games Friday
Fort Saskatchewan Rangers @ Ernies Sports StormThe Ernie's Sports Storm took game one of their best-of-five series on Friday, defeating the Fort Saskatchewan Rangers 4-1 at the Coca-Cola Centre.Dayne ...
Feb 28, 2020 Ernies Sports Storm forward Dayne Tews. Photo Credit: Shane Clausing
Alberta entered “mild recession” in 2019: report
Last year was not Alberta's strongest from an economic standpoint, but things should improve somewhat in 2020.According to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada, real GDP fell by 0.2 per ce...
Feb 28, 2020
Manitoba man charged in fatal Highway 9 crash
OYEN, Alta. - RCMP have charged a Manitoba man following an investigation into a fatal multiple vehicle collision in southeastern Alberta.Three people died and others were hurt in the August 20 crash ...
Feb 28, 2020