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Transport Minister unveils new safety measures after fatal railway yard accident
OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out new measures to tighten rail safety following an investigation into a fatal 2017 incident at a Saskatchewan railway yard. Transport Minister Marc Garneau...
Oct 08, 2020
Finnish forward Jesse Puljujarvi ready for his second stint with Edmonton Oilers
Jesse Puljujarvi returns to the Edmonton Oilers a more confident player, and thus more confident he can be a regular in the lineup. The fourth overall pick in the 2016 entry draft by the Oilers did no...
Oct 08, 2020
Sherbrooke Phoenix become second QMJHL team to face COVID-19 outbreak
LONGUEUIL, Que. - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has a team dealing with multiple positive COVID-19 tests for the second-time this week. The Sherbrooke Phoenix announced Thursday that eight mem...
Oct 08, 2020
Forest Products Association confident increased cut allowance will work
A spokesman for the Alberta Forest Products Association says it will be possible to meet higher allowable cut allowances set by the province.On Monday, the government announced it was increasing the a...
Oct 08, 2020
Nunavut declares COVID-19 outbreak at mine contained; some workers can travel home
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says an outbreak of COVID-19 at a gold mine has been contained. Dr. Michael Patterson says there are 10 positive cases and six presumptive case...
Oct 08, 2020
GPRC, TELUS partner to offer WiFi hubs to Indigenous students, those with limited access
Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) has inked a deal with TELUS to help Indigenous students, as well as those with limited to no internet accessibility, gain much needed access to online courses am...
Oct 08, 2020
Iowa offensive lineman tops CFL's first Scouting Bureau's top-20 prospects list
TORONTO - Alaric Jackson, an offensive lineman at the University of Iowa, has the No. 1 spot in the first edition of the CFL scouting bureau's top-20 prospects for the 2021 draft. The six-foot-six, 31...
Oct 08, 2020
Hearing resumes for N.S. man alleging racial bias during 2018 arrest in Halifax park
HALIFAX - A Halifax man is arguing in front of a police review board that his race played a role in his 2018 arrest and jailing after he and his spouse stopped in park to make a phone call. The hearin...
Oct 08, 2020
Nunavut premier strips housing minister of cabinet portfolios for social media post
Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq has stripped the territory's housing minister of his cabinet portfolios over a social media post about the Black Lives Matter movement. Patterk Netser had served as hous...
Oct 08, 2020
Top Nunavut judge denies request for territory's first written Gladue report
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's top judge says one of the reasons the territorial court doesn't order reports into the background of Indigenous offenders before they are sentenced is that there are no wr...
Oct 08, 2020