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Pro Rodeo Canada announces 2022 award winners
With the conclusion of the regular season, the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association (CPRA) is pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of its year-end awards for 2022. These awards are deci...
Oct 01, 2022

Former Conservative senator Don Meredith charged with three counts of sexual assault
OTTAWA - A former senator who resigned from the upper chamber amid a sexual misconduct scandal is now facing criminal charges. Don Meredith, 58, has been charged with three counts of sexual assault an...
Oct 01, 2022

Market Watch: Sept. 30, 2022
Market commentaryU.S. equities dropped after PCE inflation increased and Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard said the central bank will need to keep interest rates high for some time to fight inf...
Oct 01, 2022

Rebels make a trade, and say goodbye to an import
The Red Deer Rebels have acquired Logan Cunningham from the Spokane Chiefs, the club announced this week.Red Deer is getting the 2004-born defenceman in exchange for a conditional 7th round pick in th...
Oct 01, 2022

'I was really homesick': Some northern students travel far from home for high school
YELLOWKNIFE - When Angelina Arrowmaker was ready to start high school in 2017, she and her mother packed their bags and flew 195 kilometres south to Yellowknife. They made the move because the school ...
Oct 01, 2022

Quebec election: Party leaders begin final weekend of the campaign
MONTREAL - As the Quebec election campaign enters its final weekend the main party leaders are fanning out across the province. Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is to have breakfast with ...
Oct 01, 2022

Canada has now ended its COVID-19 travel restrictions, mask mandates
OTTAWA - As of this morning, travellers to Canada do not need to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 - and wearing a mask on planes and trains is now optional, though it is still recommended. P...
Oct 01, 2022

Jaded, cynical, disillusioned: report says federal whistleblowers fear reprisal
OTTAWA - Federal workers are increasingly cynical, skeptical and disillusioned about the idea of reporting wrongdoing in the public service, says a recent survey. That pessimism is more "palpable and ...
Oct 01, 2022

Canada 'behind the ball' with weak merger laws, says author of biting report
OTTAWA - Lax merger laws in Canada underestimate the harm to competition caused by mergers and overestimate their benefits, a new report says. Gaps in Canada's merger laws have failed to prevent the k...
Oct 01, 2022

BC Wildfire Service warns season not yet over amid drought
VANCOUVER - Seemingly endless summer conditions in British Columbia have prompted a warning that this year's "very unique fire season" in the province is not yet over. Hot and dry conditions persist, ...
Oct 01, 2022