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Funding for 211 Alberta to double over the next three years
CALGARY, AB - Call volume for 211 has remained high since 2020, which is why the Government of Alberta says an increase in funding will help the recovery-oriented system better serve the people of Alb...
Nov 23, 2022
Inflation relief measures should be well-targeted and temporary, says Macklem
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says governments looking to provide inflation relief to Canadians should choose measures that are well-targeted and temporary. At a House of Commons commi...
Nov 23, 2022
Raptors' VanVleet, Barnes sidelined against Brooklyn Nets
TORONTO - The injuries and illnesses continue to mount for the Toronto Raptors. Fred VanVleet was among players listed as out against the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday with a non-COVID illness. Also out ...
Nov 23, 2022
B.C. man convicted of killing his four- and six-year-old daughters denied appeal
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia man who killed his two young daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 has been denied an appeal by the province's highest court. Andrew Berry claimed the lower court made nu...
Nov 23, 2022
Second annual GIG stakeholder update
The Greenview Industrial Gateway (GIG) had its second annual stakeholder update Wednesday at Clarkson Hall in Evergreen Park. The meeting covered a long list of items from some delays they have been e...
Nov 23, 2022
Feds file judicial review of $40B Indigenous child-welfare settlement
OTTAWA - The federal government is asking a judge to review some aspects of the $40-billion settlement agreement over discrimination in the Indigenous child-welfare system, after the Canadian Human Ri...
Nov 23, 2022
Jury finds former PQ legislator Harold LeBel guilty of sexual assault
RIMOUSKI, Que. - Former Parti Qubcois legislator Harold LeBel was found guilty on Wednesday of sexually assaulting a woman at his residence in 2017. A jury of nine women and three men took two days to...
Nov 23, 2022
Sports-betting marketplace taking notice of Canada at World Cup
TORONTO - Canada's return to the World Cup wasn't a victorious one but it certainly created plenty of action in Ontario's legal sports-betting market. Belgium defeated the Canadians 1-0 on Wednesday i...
Nov 23, 2022
B.C. human rights tribunal awards $150,000 in child welfare discrimination case
VANCOUVER - An Afro-Indigenous woman has been awarded $150,000 in compensation by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal after her children were wrongfully seized by a child welfare agency. The tr...
Nov 23, 2022
Canadian men push Belgium to the limit but lose 1-0 in return to World Cup
AL RAYYAN, Qatar - Canada put on a show in its return to the World Cup after a 36-year absence but failed to convert its chances in a valiant 1-0 loss to Belgium on Wednesday. The 41st-ranked Canadian...
Nov 23, 2022