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Alberta tourism funding showing strong early results
With September 27 being World Tourism Day, officials with Travel Alberta say the organization is investing to expand the breadth of available tourism offerings across the province-with promising resul...
Sep 27, 2022

Natural gas rebate program to start Oct. 1 in Alberta
Natural gas customers in Alberta will get some relief from their utility bills.The Alberta Government's natural gas rebate program is set to begin on Saturday, October 1, 2022, impacting more than 1.6...
Sep 27, 2022

Canadian offensive lineman Ryan Hunter quickly picking up Argos offence
TORONTO - Ryan Hunter is very thankful to still be playing pro football. The six-foot-three, 315-pound offensive lineman is in his first full week practising with the Toronto Argonauts. Hunter, 27, of...
Sep 27, 2022

Toronto Maple Leafs captain Tavares out 'minimum' three weeks with oblique strain
Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavares will be out a 'minimum' of three weeks due to an oblique strain, head coach Sheldon Keefe announced on Tuesday. Tavares underwent testing Tuesday while the tea...
Sep 27, 2022

South Carolina likely won't make abortion rules stricter
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Conservatives in the South Carolina House have rejected what they contend is a watered-down abortion measure, meaning the state likely will maintain its ban on the procedure at s...
Sep 27, 2022

Lawyer for First Nation says goal of B.C. land claim case is reconciliation
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for a First Nation fighting for title to part of Nootka Island in British Columbia says in his closing argument that the underlying objective of the court proceeding is reconcil...
Sep 27, 2022

Canadian navy struggling with personnel 'crisis': commander
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Navy is struggling with what its commander says is a personnel "crisis" as hundreds of positions sit vacant. Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee says he needs nearly 1,400 sailors t...
Sep 27, 2022

Noted New Orleans social services group drops racist's name
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans social services nonprofit long called the Kingsley House renamed itself Tuesday, dropping the name of a Victorian clergyman perhaps best remembered as the author of a ...
Sep 27, 2022

New victims-rights watchdog appointed nearly a year after former ombud's departure
OTTAWA - The federal government is tapping an internationally recognized expert in the field of victimology to take over as Canada's victims-rights watchdog. Benjamin Roebuck is replacing Heidi Illing...
Sep 27, 2022

What each province, territory is doing on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Friday is the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. The federal government made Sept. 30 a statutory holiday for its workers and federally regulated ...
Sep 27, 2022