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Nature Conservancy issues plea to help turtles safely cross roads
PELEE ISLAND, Ont. - Why did the turtle cross the road? - It may sound like the opening of a joke, but the Nature Conservancy of Canada is urging motorists to help the slow-moving reptiles get to the ...
Jun 09, 2019
Supreme Court allows suit against St. Joseph's Oratory over abuse allegations
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected a bid by Montreal's Saint Joseph's Oratory to be excluded from a sexual assault class action suit. The high court today upheld a Quebec Court of Appea...
Jun 09, 2019
SNC-Lavalin delays jury decision in corruption trial until June 28
MONTREAL - SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is pushing back its decision on whether to opt for a trial by jury or by judge alone in a corruption case that has tripped up the engineering giant and ensnared it in...
Jun 09, 2019
Tory changes to assessment bill favour industry over environment, Liberals say
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals say they are reviewing the changes the Senate has made to their environmental-assessment legislation but accuse the Conservatives of bowing to pressure fro...
Jun 09, 2019
Kirk Jumps into Aggregate Lead After Three Days in Saskatoon
A second place finish on Saturday night has moved Kirk Sutherland into the aggregate lead after three days of WPCA racing in Saskatoon. The Grande Prairie driver finished 6-100ths of a second behind d...
Jun 09, 2019 photo courtesy EverythngGP
'Climate change in action:' Scientist says fires in Alberta linked to climate change
albertaEDMONTON - In May 2016, a wildfire near Fort McMurray forced more than 80,000 people to flee the northern Alberta city, destroyed 2,400 buildings and burned nearly 6,000 square kilometres of fo...
Jun 09, 2019
Canadian general says Islamic State defeated but ideology 'alive and well'
CALGARY - Canada's former commander in Iraq says the Islamic State may have been defeated on the battlefield, but the militant group remains alive and well as an insurgency and could still wield stron...
Jun 09, 2019
Feed the Kids Food Truck fundraiser hits 100 Ave Thursday
The 5th annual Feed the Kids Foodtruck Fundraiser is taking place downtown on Thursday. Nan Swanston, one of the owners of Image Design, the company that organizes the event, says it's a fundraiser fo...
Jun 09, 2019
'It's not about popularity': Trudeau, Macron meet in Paris amid lagging polls
PARIS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday defended their shared efforts to ease the worries of their citizens, denounced those seeking to capitalize on such ...
Jun 09, 2019
South Peace Regional Archives earns provincial recognition for magazine
The South Peace Regional Archives have received some provincial recognition.The Society's magazine Telling Our Stories was awarded the Alan D. Ridge Award of Merit for Print from the Archives Society ...
Jun 09, 2019 ASA Board Member Carson Murphy presents the Alan D. Ridge Award of Merit (Print) to Archives Executive Director Alyssa Currie and Archivist Josephine Sallis (Right)