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Government lifts speed restrictions after spotting no whales in shipping lanes
OTTAWA - The federal government has lifted speed restrictions meant to protect North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after finding that the policy may have been pushing ships closer ...
Aug 06, 2019

Alberta government launches industry panels to cut red tape
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The provincial government has reached out to business leaders so they can help decide how their regulations should be changed."Cutting red tape is beneficial for every Albertan," says...
Aug 06, 2019 (photo credit to Travel Alberta)

Inmate at Drumheller Institution found dead, Correctional Service Canada investigating
DRUMHELLER, AB - Correctional Service Canada has confirmed an inmate serving out a drug trafficking sentence has been found dead.According to a release, 42-year-old Jason Claude Tremblay died while in...
Aug 06, 2019 Photo courtesy of Correctional Service Canada / Facebook

Guo Show: 14-year-old Canadian fencer Jessica Guo wins Pan Am silver
LIMA, Peru - Ask coach Yoann Lebrun what teenage sensation Jessica Guo might be capable of in her fencing career and be prepared for an immediate two-word answer. Olympic champion. Afte...
Aug 06, 2019

"Some interesting things" turning up at local dinosaur bone beds
A field crew from the University of Alberta has been busy exploring some dinosaur bone bed sites in the Peace Country this summer. They have been working at Pipestone Creek, along with two others call...
Aug 06, 2019 Photo from the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum Facebook page.

Mount Polley mine disaster five years later; emotions, accountability unresolved
VICTORIA - People are swimming and fishing in Quesnel Lake five years after the largest environmental mining disaster in Canadian history, but residents of Likely, B.C., are still struggling with...
Aug 06, 2019

Report: Iran seizes tanker carrying 'smuggled fuel' in Gulf
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian forces seized a ship in the Persian Gulf suspected of carrying smuggled fuel, state media reported Sunday, marking the Revolutionary Guard's third seizure of a vessel in recent ...
Aug 06, 2019

Hillary and Chelsea Clinton writing book on 'Gutsy Women'
NEW YORK - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton are teaming up for "The Book of Gutsy Women," honouring everyone from scientist Marie Curie to climate activist Greta Thunberg. Simon & Schust...
Aug 06, 2019

Kashmir tensions intensify amid India-Pakistan skirmishes
SRINAGAR, India - Tensions have soared along the volatile, highly militarized frontier between India and Pakistan in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, as India has deployed more troops and ord...
Aug 06, 2019

2020 Democrats lay blame on Trump's rhetoric for shootings
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Democratic presidential candidates sought to lay blame Sunday on President Donald Trump following a pair of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, saying his language against minorities ...
Aug 06, 2019