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Company seeks injunction: Co-op, union in court over pickets at Regina refinery
REGINA - A nearly three-week labour dispute between a Saskatchewan petroleum refinery and hundreds of its workers moved from the picket line into the courtroom Monday, with the company seeking an inju...
Dec 23, 2019
RCMP charge three in connection with string of recent mail thefts
The Grande Prairie RCMP have charged Justin Heaven of Grande Prairie, Shawn Robson-Harder and Ashley Howard of Edmonton in connection with a string of recent mail thefts following the execution of a w...
Dec 23, 2019 Photo Credit: Grande Prairie RCMP
Calling Lake man charged after swinging machete at police officer
CALLING LAKE, Alta. - A charge of assaulting a police officer has been laid against a northern Alberta man who is accused of using a machete to keep an RCMP officer at bay.Two Mounties with the Athaba...
Dec 23, 2019
Red Deer shooting victim was buying deodorant: Wife
RED DEER, Alta. - The wife of a man who was fatally shot outside a Walmart in central Alberta says she has lost her best friend.Jim Williams was shot in the front entrance of the store in Red Deer on ...
Dec 23, 2019 Photo: rdnewsNOW / Sheldon Spackman
Chinese embassy takes swipe at 'some politicians' over talk of freeing Canadians
OTTAWA - The Chinese embassy is taking a swing at "some Canadian politicians" over what it describes as "erroneous remarks" about the relationship between the two countries and the cases of two Canadi...
Dec 23, 2019
Ernie's Sports Storm complete weekend sweep, Golden Arrow Storm split three game set
GPAC Ernie's Sports Major Midget AAA Storm completes weekend sweep in Edmonton The Storm traveled to Edmonton for back to back games on Saturday and Sunday against the Canadian Athletic Club (CAC) and...
Dec 23, 2019 Photo Credit: EverythingGP
N.S. sawmills seeking new markets in wake of announced Northern Pulp closure
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia sawmill operators say their outlook after the closure of Northern Pulp is one of troubling uncertainties and, so far, few answers from the provincial government&nb...
Dec 23, 2019
Conservative party's fundraising boss takes over temporary helm of party
OTTAWA - The director of fundraising for the federal Conservatives has taken over as acting director of the party as it continues to grapple with the fallout from the resignation of leader Andrew Sche...
Dec 23, 2019
Bump in low-income rates expected as StatCan sets to redraw poverty line
OTTAWA - The national statistics office is looking at changes to the federally adopted poverty line which, if approved, could mean more people are considered to live below the low-income threshold. Th...
Dec 23, 2019
A look at some of the players to watch at the world junior hockey championship
The 2020 world junior hockey championship starts Thursday in Ostrava and Trinec, Czech Republic. The Canadian Press takes a look at some of the players to watch at this year's under-20 tournament. &nb...
Dec 23, 2019