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Signing a new Metis harvesting agreement a mistake: Alberta Fish and Game Association
The Alberta Fish and Game Association says the provincial government's decision to sign a new Metis harvesting agreement is a mistake.The association says the deal signed last week will give Metis in ...
Mar 21, 2019 Facebook/Alberta Fish and Game Association
Donny and Marie Osmond announce end of Las Vegas residency
LAS VEGAS - Donny and Marie Osmond say they will end their Las Vegas show later this year, concluding an 11-year run on the Strip. The brother-sister duo made the announcement during an appearance on ...
Mar 21, 2019
A timeline of events in the SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - A chronology of the SNC- Lavalin controversy, according to public documents, reports and testimony to the House of Commons justice committee: Feb. 19, 2015 - The RCMP lays corruption and frau...
Mar 21, 2019
Rotary launches 18th annual Highway to Mexico Project
A Recognition Event in support of The Rotary Project "Highway to Mexico" was held at the Holiday Inn Suites and Hotel yesterday. The 18th annual project will see a convoy of 20 Rotarians drive 10 dona...
Mar 21, 2019 Highway to Mexico Coordinators Allan Kuechle (Left) and Felix Seiler (Right)
Kenney promises vote on equalization in 2021 if no pipeline progress
CALGARY - The leader of Alberta's United Conservatives is promising a referendum on equalization if there's no major progress on market-opening pipelines. Jason Kenney says if he becomes premier&...
Mar 21, 2019
Okabe becomes Canadian Citizen
Former Storm forward Zachary Okabe can now officially call himself a Canadian.Okabe announced on his Twitter page today that he has received his Canadian Citizenship, nearly eight years after his fami...
Mar 21, 2019 Okabe has lived in five different countries throughout his life (Photo: Jeromy Corrigan)
Ex-President Michel Temer arrested in Brazil for corruption
RIO DE JANEIRO - Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was arrested on Thursday on corruption charges, a dramatic development in a sprawling graft probe that has roiled Latin America's largest natio...
Mar 21, 2019
Liberals add $4.5B for Indigenous services as reconciliation effort continues
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government plans to spend $4.5 billion over the next five years to try to narrow the socio-economic gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people - part of a plan to ke...
Mar 21, 2019
Deficits in big-spending pre-election budget tee up ballot-box choice
OTTAWA - The final budget of the Trudeau government's mandate will scatter billions in fresh spending - on everything from pharmacare to retraining workers to first-time home buyers - as the Liberals ...
Mar 21, 2019
Highlights of Quebec's 2019-20 budget
QUEBEC - Finance Minister Eric Girard tabled the Coalition Avenir Quebec government's first budget on Thursday. Here are some highlights: - Balanced books for the fifth straight year in Quebec, with a...
Mar 21, 2019