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Alberta Teacher's Association challenging constitutionality of Bill 9
The Alberta Teachers' Association says it will file a constitutional challenge of new provincial legislation that defers discussions on teacher salaries.The United Conservative government passed a bil...
Jun 25, 2019
‘Wasn’t on the radar:’ Parents accused in son’s death unaware he had meningitis
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The father of a toddler who died of bacterial meningitis says he and his wife didn't realize their son had contracted the potentially deadly disease.David Stephan told a court in L...
Jun 25, 2019
Public invited to share questions and concerns with Beaverlodge RCMP
Members from the Beaverlodge RCMP Detachment are holding a town hall tomorrow.The town hall is for anyone living in the areas of Beaverlodge, Wembley, Hythe, La Glace, Valhalla Centre and Horse Lake F...
Jun 25, 2019
Plastics forks at Trudeau lunch a sign of hypocrisy: Conservatives
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a hypocrite over plastic cutlery that was available at a lunch meeting he held with youth activists in his Montreal riding....
Jun 25, 2019
Blues sign coach Craig Berube to 3-year contract extension
ST. LOUIS - The Blues signed coach Craig Berube to a three-year contract extension Tuesday after he led St. Louis to its first Stanley Cup championship in his first season in charge. The Blues were in...
Jun 25, 2019
Iraqi Kurds invite Canada to help train, equip peshmerga after being frozen out
OTTAWA - Canada is being invited to once again provide training to Iraq's Kurdish security forces, who worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Canadian soldiers in the war against the Islamic State group bef...
Jun 25, 2019
Vancouver police ask for help over theft of high-end snake chairs
VANCOUVER - A pair of unusual armchairs valued at about $40,000 each were taken from a high-end furniture store and Vancouver police are asking for the public's help in finding them. Police say t...
Jun 25, 2019
New Ukraine president, and former actor, to meet Trudeau in Toronto
OTTAWA - Ukraine's new president will visit Toronto next week for a major international conference on his country's future that Canada is hosting, and where he will meet Prime Minister ...
Jun 25, 2019
Crowds gather as massive Pride parade takes over downtown Toronto
Toronto was abuzz on Sunday as a colourful crowd lined downtown streets to celebrate all things LGBTQ at the city's annual Pride parade. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who marched in the par...
Jun 25, 2019
Fertility doc used own sperm to inseminate patients: medical regulator
TORONTO - Ontario's medical regulator says a fertility doctor used his own sperm to inseminate several patients as well as the wrong sperm with several others, finding that he committed professional m...
Jun 25, 2019