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Ottawa unveils proposed federal carbon offset emission credit regulations
CALGARY - The federal government is unveiling proposed regulations for its greenhouse gas offset program that will govern how developers can register and sell credits earned through projects that redu...
Mar 05, 2021

Clairmont business donating 100% of wash bay profits to Ronald McDonald House in March
Versatile Lube in Clairmont says it will donate all of its wash bay profits earned in the month of March to the Ronald McDonald House Charities in Alberta.Andrew Sheppard is the Owner of Versatile Lub...
Mar 05, 2021

Blackhawks' Seabrook calls it a career because of injury
Longtime Chicago Blackhawks defenceman and three-time Stanley Cup winner Brent Seabrook announced Friday he is unable to continue playing hockey because of injury. After surgeries on his right shoulde...
Mar 05, 2021

Trudeau holds firm on premiers' health-care funding demands, COVID-19 aid comes first
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will keep its spending focus on emergency aid and won't talk about long-term health-care funding until after the COVID-19 pandemic is...
Mar 05, 2021

Canadian Corey Conners grabs lead after his second round at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Fla. - Canada's Corey Conners has the lead after the morning wave of the second round of the PGA Tour's Arnold Palmer Invitational.Conners, from Listowel, Ont., shot a 3-under 69 today and is...
Mar 05, 2021

Men's basketball coach Steve Konchalski ready to end long career at St. FX
The story of Steve Konchalski's career is written in the photos that paper the walls of his office at St. Francis Xavier University. There are more than 250, of all the teams coached and lives touched...
Mar 05, 2021

Montreal-area immigration detainees on hunger strike over COVID-19 fears
MONTREAL - Several men at a Montreal-area immigration detention centre refused food this week to protest what they say are inhumane conditions at the facility and to try and secure their release.It's ...
Mar 05, 2021

Judge rules Alberta pastor accused of violating health orders to remain in jail
EDMONTON - A judge has ruled that an Alberta pastor will remain in jail until his trial because he refuses to follow a bail condition that requires he comply with public health orders.James Coates wit...
Mar 05, 2021

Hockey world paying tribute to the Great One's father, Walter Gretzky
Walter Gretzky, a blue-collar symbol of a devoted hockey parent in a country filled with them, has died. Tributes poured in shortly after his son, hockey great Wayne Gretzky, confirmed the 82-year-old...
Mar 05, 2021

EU, US agree to suspend tariffs over Airbus-Boeing dispute
BRUSSELS - In a sign of goodwill to rebuild trans-Atlantic relations, the European Union and the United States have decided to suspend tariffs used in the longstanding Airbus-Boeing dispute, the EU Co...
Mar 05, 2021