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Beaverlodge fire fighters to collect for food bank on Monday
Firefighters in Beaverlodge are holding their annual food drive in support of the Beaverlodge Christmas Hamper and Food Bank.The Beaverlodge Fire Department has partnered with the Beaverlodge Alliance...
Nov 30, 2019
Activist says RCMP profile about her is 'kind of creepy and unsettling'
OTTAWA - An activist concerned about mining-industry abuses found it "kind of creepy and unsettling" to recently learn the RCMP compiled a six-page profile of her shortly...
Nov 30, 2019
AUPE says province to cut 5900 jobs
EDMONTON - Alberta's largest public-sector union says the government plans to cut up to 5,900 positions as part of its plan to balance the province's budget by the 2022-23 fiscal year. The Alberta Uni...
Nov 29, 2019 Photo by Trevor Snell
B.C. RCMP announce charges in 1993 homicide of 23-year-old Vicki Black
VANCOUVER - The RCMP in British Columbia say a man is in custody and facing a murder charge in the homicide of a 23-year-old woman in Vancouver in 1993. The Mounties announced in a news release Friday...
Nov 29, 2019
Compensate woman detained in Montreal handrail dispute, Supreme Court orders
OTTAWA - A Quebec police officer stepped over the line when he detained a woman for refusing to hold onto an escalator handrail, the Supreme Court of Canada said in a scathing ruling on Friday that al...
Nov 29, 2019
Panel created by Quebec government says access to assisted death should be expanded
QUEBEC - A panel of experts is recommending the Quebec government expand access to medical aid in dying. In recommendations made public today, the group said people should be allowed to make advance d...
Nov 29, 2019
Jurors in Bebawi trial hear ex-SNC president approved yacht for dictator's son
MONTREAL - The trial of a former SNC-Lavalin executive heard Friday that the accused told an RCMP officer the gift of a luxury yacht to the son of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadh...
Nov 29, 2019
Arbitrator to decide soon in case of rail conductor fired for social media posts
CALGARY - A train conductor who was fired from Canadian Pacific Railway two years ago over social media posts says she expects to find out soon whether she'll get her job back. Stephanie Katelnikoff, ...
Nov 29, 2019
Court tosses federal bid to quash deadline on child welfare payments
OTTAWA - The federal government has lost its bid to delay a deadline for compensating First Nations families torn apart by an underfunded child welfare system, as part of a Federal Court decision...
Nov 29, 2019
Despite U.S. calls for more, Canada's defence spending set to stay the same
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is likely to face questions from other leaders of the NATO military alliance next week as new figures show Canadian military spending is expected to remain ...
Nov 29, 2019