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Francophone culture and tradition to be shared at 22nd Maple Sugar Festival
Grande Prairie's Francophone Association is gearing up to host its 22nd annual Maple Sugar Festival at the end of this month.The Association Canadienne-Franaise de l'Alberta Rgionale Grande Prairie (A...
Feb 13, 2020 Sleigh rides through Muskoseepi Park will be one of many activities going as part of the annual Maple Sugar Festival (Photo: ACFA Grande Prairie)
Trudeau in Senegal for final African stop of UN Security Council campaigning
DAKAR, Senegal - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Senegal late Tuesday for an official visit that will test his commitment to gender equality with one of Canada's closest francophone...
Feb 13, 2020
TSB finds defect in beacon on helicopter that crashed in Quebec, killing two
MONTREAL - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is suggesting periodic inspections of emergency locator transmitters after finding a defect in the one aboard a helicopter that crashed in Que...
Feb 13, 2020
Federal NDP seeks provincial support for national pharmacare plan
OTTAWA - The New Democrats are asking the provinces to support their promised universal pharmacare legislation, hoping to win premiers over by calling on Ottawa to increase federal health tr...
Feb 13, 2020
McLaren Racing headlines Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame induction
TORONTO - Racing legend Johnny Rutherford believes it was only a matter of time before McLaren Racing would be honoured by the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame. Since coming to life in 1966,...
Feb 13, 2020
US open jobs fall sharply for 2nd straight month
WASHINGTON - U.S. businesses sharply cut the number of jobs they advertised in December for the second straight month, an unusual sign of weakness in an otherwise healthy job market. The number of ava...
Feb 13, 2020
The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural-gas pipeline project in British Columbia: --- Demonstrators in Victoria are promising to shut down all provincial government offic...
Feb 13, 2020
Lionel Desmond not thought to pose imminent threat health official tells inquiry
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A psychotherapist who talked to Lionel Desmond a few hours before he killed his family and himself says she didn't think the former soldier posed an imminent threat to hi...
Feb 13, 2020
Budget watchdog slashes economic growth projections, blames temporary factors
OTTAWA - Canada's budget watchdog says economic growth during the final quarter of 2019 will be "significantly weaker" than predicted in its fall report. In its latest report on near-term growth, the ...
Feb 13, 2020
Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeals on solitary confinement
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will revisit the decisions of courts in British Columbia and Ontario that said the federal law allowing prolonged solitary confinement in prison was unco...
Feb 13, 2020