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Billboard company 'appalled' no one taking ownership of Bernier ads
OTTAWA - The owner of the billboards that featured ads promoting Maxime Bernier and his stance on immigration said they would have stayed up had the third-party group that paid for them not left his c...
Aug 29, 2019
Ottawa, B.C. to push electrification of gas industry to cut carbon emissions
SURREY, B.C. - The federal and British Columbia governments want to power the production of the natural gas industry in the province using electricity. As part of an agreement announced Thursday, the ...
Aug 29, 2019
$500 million solar energy project coming to Vulcan
VULCAN COUNTY, AB - Canada's largest solar energy project is on its way to Vulcan County.Greengate Power Corporation has received approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission to build and operate it...
Aug 29, 2019 A rendered image of the Travers Solar project (Photo courtesy Greengate Power)
Edmonton landscaper needed time to think, let $60-million lottery win sink in
ST. ALBERT, Alta. - An Edmonton landscaper has won big after waiting 10 months to claim a $60-million lotto jackpot.Bon Truong says he was stunned when he checked his Lotto Max ticket at a grocery sto...
Aug 29, 2019
UCP repeals ban on seclusion rooms in schools
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservatives have repealed a ban on seclusion rooms in schools that was brought in by the previous NDP government.The ban on the rooms, which are meant to give disruptive ...
Aug 29, 2019
Quebec boards say they have more classes than teachers as kids return to school
MONTREAL - As thousands of Quebec students return to class this week, school boards say they're short of teachers to educate them. Gina Guillemette, a spokeswoman for the Montreal-area ...
Aug 29, 2019
Erin bringing heavy rain to parts of the Maritimes, warnings in effect
HALIFAX - The remnants of post-tropical storm Erin were expected to bring heavy rain overnight to a fairly narrow band of the western Maritimes. Bob Robichaud, warning preparedness meteorologist ...
Aug 29, 2019
Ambrose disagrees with Scheer's assertion that Trudeau caved to Trump on NAFTA
OTTAWA - The Conservatives' former leader doesn't agree with the current leader's assertion that Canada got taken to the cleaners by Donald Trump on the renegotiated NAFTA. Rona Ambrose, who was inter...
Aug 29, 2019
Canadian-trained all-female military unit going through paces in Jordan
OTTAWA - As thousands of troops from more than two dozen countries kick off an annual military exercise in the Middle Eastern country of Jordan amid heightened tensions between the West and Iran, Cana...
Aug 29, 2019
Alberta United Conservative government repeals ban on school seclusion rooms
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservatives have repealed a ban on seclusion rooms in schools that was brought in by the previous NDP government. The ban on the rooms, which are meant to give disru...
Aug 29, 2019