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Red ribbons to remind people to drive sober this Christmas
They’ve been a fixture at Christmas time for 30 years. MADD Canada’s red ribbons will be returning starting November 1. The ribbons are tied to vehicles and personal belongings for two rea...
Oct 26, 2017
Medal contenders lead Canadian speedskating team into World Cup season
CALGARY - Denny Morrison, Ted-Jan Bloemen, Ivanie Blondin and Vincent de Haitre headline the Canadian long-track speedskating team competing in the first World Cup races of the season. The team was ch...
Oct 26, 2017
Marineland sues OSPCA, alleging agency wanted to 'destroy' theme park
Marineland has filed a lawsuit against the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, alleging the organization maliciously targeted the theme park in order to curry favour with animal ...
Oct 26, 2017
PUC says Enbridge must disclose Line 3 oil spill projections
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Enbridge Energy must publicly disclose its projections for potential oil spills from its proposed Line 3 replacement pipeline across northern Minnesota, regulators decided Thursday. ...
Oct 26, 2017
In the Bank of Canada governor's words: excerpts from Poloz interview
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz sat down for an interview Wednesday with The Canadian Press. Here are some selected excerpts of that conversation, in Poloz’s own words. — On...
Oct 26, 2017
More than 600 cases of doctor-assisted death in Quebec in 2016-17
MONTREAL - Quebecers are increasingly asking about having the province’s doctor-assisted suicide law expanded, the woman behind the legislation said Thursday. Veronique Hivon of the Parti Quebec...
Oct 26, 2017
Pincher Creek man pleads guilty to a number of charges relating to standoff last February
53-year-old Dewey “Todd” Starzyk was given a jail sentence of 180 days in Pincher Creek today (Oct. 24) after pleading guilty to multiple charges in relation to a pair of incidents last Fe...
Oct 26, 2017
Holocaust survivor brings history to life for Kate Andrews students
The images displayed on the projector screen were disturbing, and first-hand accounts of the horrors of Nazi death camps brought tears to the eyes of more than one audience member. What Kate Andrews H...
Oct 26, 2017
Catholic schools superintendent speaks out on alternative sex-ed curriculum
The Superintendent of the Grande Prairie Catholic and District School Board says he was misquoted regarding the alternative sex-education curriculum for Catholic schools. Karl Germann, also President ...
Oct 26, 2017
Air Force retracts tweet's Santa clause: He's real after all
MINOT, N.D. - The U.S. Air Force says its tweet declaring Santa Claus “isn’t real” was just a bluff, part of a threat to steal Christmas from two feuding bases. Minot Air Force Base ...
Oct 26, 2017