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Oilers primed for Game 5 after big win over Panthers: 'There's a lot of confidence'
SUNRISE - Kris Knoblauch stated boldly he was looking forward to the next 10 days. The Oilers head coach shared those feelings hours before his team faced elimination down 3-0 to the Florida Panthers ...
Jun 17, 2024
Halifax MP Fillmore to leave federal politics ahead of expected mayoral run
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Andy Fillmore says he won't return to the House of Commons in the fall. Fillmore was first elected as MP for Halifax in the 2015 election that brought Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Jun 17, 2024
Alberta taking steps to strengthen ties with Mexico
Alberta's government says it will focus on international labour mobility during a mission to Mexico from June 18 to 25.According to the province, Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism Muhammad ...
Jun 17, 2024
Navalny's widow to meet with Trudeau, Joly in Ottawa on Tuesday
OTTAWA - The widow of former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is expected to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly on Tuesday in Ottawa. Yulia Navaln...
Jun 17, 2024
Alberta to ban cellphones in K-12 classrooms starting in fall
CALGARY - Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says the province is moving to ban cellphones in kindergarten to Grade 12 classrooms starting in the fall. Nicolaides says cellphones help wit...
Jun 17, 2024
Judge orders railway to pay Washington tribe nearly $400 million for trespassing with oil trains
SEATTLE (AP) - BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it ...
Jun 17, 2024
Harry Balfour School principal recognized with award from Alberta Teacher's Association
The Peace Wapiti Public School Division is congratulating Harry Balfour School's principal for receiving an award from the Alberta Teacher's Association.Jen Clevette has been given the Alberta Teacher...
Jun 17, 2024
Phones banned from Alberta classrooms starting fall 2024
The Alberta government is banning the use of mobile phones during class time in elementary and high schools as of the fall 2024 term but school boards will have some autonomy over the restrictions.WAT...
Jun 17, 2024
2 of 9 people wounded in Michigan mass shooting at splash pad remain hospitalized, sheriff says
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - Two of the nine people wounded in a weekend shooting at a suburban Detroit splash pad remain hospitalized in critical condition, including an eight-year-old boy who has "made ama...
Jun 17, 2024
Sask Party MLAs deflect committee attempt to call witnesses into gun in Legislature
REGINA - Members of the governing Saskatchewan Party are rebuffing an Opposition attempt to call witnesses to answer questions on weapons allegations against a cabinet minister. In a meeting of the Ho...
Jun 17, 2024