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Alberta exiting CPP requires ‘complex and multi-year process’, says Freeland after meeting ministers
OTTAWA, ON - Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday, November 3, 2023, that if Alberta were to quit the Canada Pension Plan, it would need to launch a "complex and multi-year process" ...
Nov 3, 2023
CJHL makes neck guards mandatory across nine leagues
The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) said Friday it is making neck guards mandatory for all 122 member teams across its nine leagues, effective immediately, and subject to equipment availability.F...
Nov 3, 2023
16-1 shot Fierceness wins Breeders' Cup Juvenile for trainer Todd Pletcher
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Fierceness won the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile by 6 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita on Friday, giving trainer Todd Pletcher the early favourite for next year's Kentucky Derby. ...
Nov 3, 2023
More disruptions for Beaverlodge ED
Alberta Health Services has announced more disruptions because of a lack of physician coverage in the emergency department at the Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital.AHS says there will be no doctor on sit...
Nov 3, 2023
Lonely garage hours pay off for Canada's Laos-Loo at Pan American Games
SANTIAGO, Chile - When Claudia Laos-Loo tells people she competes in kata, she's prepared for "what's that?" and "why do you scream?" The 26-year-old martial artist from Surrey, B.C., earned a Pan Ame...
Nov 3, 2023
Alberta government responds to federal electricity regulations
Alberta's government says it has submitted a detailed analysis showing why proposed federal regulations will threaten the province's electricity grid.Provincial officials say Alberta is rapidly reduci...
Nov 3, 2023
Killer on the loose: Maine mass shooter was alive for most of massive search, autopsy suggests
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The Army reservist who fatally shot 18 people at two locations in Lewiston before disappearing into the night was alive and possibly on the run during a good portion of the huge...
Nov 3, 2023
Air Canada admits it violated disability regulations in case of B.C. man
VANCOUVER - Air Canada has acknowledged it violated Canadian disability regulations and apologized to a British Columbia man who uses a wheelchair, after he was forced to drag himself off a flight in ...
Nov 3, 2023
Pushers and flyers: New acrobatic routine gives Canada's artistic swimmers airtime
SANTIAGO, Chile - Raphaelle Plante didn't have previous experience in gymnastics or diving, but the athlete does both when her Canadian teammates catapult her out of the water and into the air. An acr...
Nov 3, 2023
Supporters march in solidarity after arrests of Vancouver safe drug supply advocates
VANCOUVER - Advocates for a safe drug supply gathered in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to denounce the recent arrests of the founders of the Drug User Liberation Front. The Vancouver Police Department...
Nov 3, 2023