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Alberta signs $24B, 10-year health-care funding deal with Ottawa
EDMONTON - Alberta has become the latest province to sign an agreement in principle with Ottawa on health-care funding. The federal government says in a news release that more than $24 billion is to b...
Feb 27, 2023
Oilpatch funds balloon for pro-Smith political group after she supports royalty break
EDMONTON - Oilpatch support for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's agenda ballooned after she won her party's leadership and put the so-called RStar program - a plan to give tax breaks to energy compani...
Feb 27, 2023
Quebec's social housing stock is crumbling as repair costs rise, tenant group says
MONTREAL - A tenant group is speaking out about the decrepit state of social housing in Quebec, which continues to deteriorate as the cost of repairs rise. The Fdration des locataires d'habitations lo...
Feb 27, 2023
Highway 40 open to traffic following fatal, multi-vehicle collision
A multi-vehicle collision on Highway 40 that claimed a life Sunday morning has been cleared and re-opened to traffic flow after becoming impassable for nearly 12 hours.It happened between Township Roa...
Feb 27, 2023
Program at Grande Prairie Friendship Centre getting provincial dollars
Nearly $700,000 in grants have been announced by the Alberta government to go to six Indigenous-led organizations for programs designed to stop violence against Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit...
Feb 27, 2023
Leafs acquire defenceman McCabe, forward Lafferty from Blackhawks
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenceman Jake McCabe and forward Sam Lafferty in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks. The Maple Leafs also get conditional fifth-round draft picks in ...
Feb 27, 2023
Victoria Vergos 'excited' for new opportunity to box at Canada Winter Games
Shock, then excitement. Those were the feelings of 16-year-old Victoria Vergos when finding out female boxing was being held at the 2023 Canada Winter Games for the first time. The former gymnast turn...
Feb 27, 2023
Quebec Appeal Court rejects Fortnite creator's challenge of class-action lawsuit
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal has upheld a decision authorizing a class-action lawsuit by parents who claim their children became addicted to the popular online video game Fortnite. Lawyers fo...
Feb 27, 2023
McDavid, Ullmark, Gibson named NHL's three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid, Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark and Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson have been named the NHL three stars of the week. McDavid led the leagu...
Feb 27, 2023
Fisheries Department scrambled to claw back ‘ill-timed’ lobster tweet: documents
OTTAWA - An "ill-timed" tweet warning it is illegal to take lobsters that have washed up on a beach was approved by no fewer than seven people even after one of them warned it might not be well receiv...
Feb 27, 2023