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Visitors allowed back in Jasper National Park
Parks Canada is welcoming visitors back to Jasper National Park after power was restored to the townsite that was knocked out by a wildfire north of the community earlier this month.The agency says it...
Sep 15, 2022
Damage caused by wild boars added to compensation
LETHBRIDGE, AB - As wild boar populations continue to grow in Alberta, producers are being forced to deal with increasing levels of damage caused by the invasive species.As a result of the growing ris...
Sep 15, 2022
French Oblates begin dismissal proceedings for priest accused of abusing Inuit
The leadership of a Catholic order in France has begun dismissal proceedings against a priest accused of sexual abusing Inuit children in Nunavut. A delegation of Inuit led by Nunavut Tunnagivik Inc. ...
Sep 15, 2022
Griner, Whelan families to meet Biden amid US-Russia talks
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom re...
Sep 15, 2022
Ponoka residents encouraged to turn their unwanted items into treasure
Ponoka residents are invited to turn their unwanted items into somebody else's treasure during Kick it to the Curb Week from October 12 - 16. Town officials say residents are invited to place items th...
Sep 15, 2022
Canadian royal 'diehard' camping in London ahead of Queen Elizabeth's funeral
LONDON - Bernadette Christie has had a front-row view of some of the biggest royal events of the last decade. She has seen Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle walk into the church on their wedding days, ...
Sep 15, 2022
Planned power outage scheduled in Ponoka for routine electrical maintenance
A planned power outage is scheduled for Tuesday, September 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (weather dependent) in the Town of Ponoka.Town officials say the outage is planned in the Riverside neighbour...
Sep 15, 2022
Montana judge blocks anti-trans birth certificate rule
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A Montana judge has blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate. District Cour...
Sep 15, 2022
Director Hubert Davis on 'Black Ice' and the untold Black hockey experience
TORONTO - In the new sports documentary "Black Ice," viewers learn that in 1906 hockey player Eddie Martin became the first to use a technique known as the slapshot - a back swing of the stick known f...
Sep 15, 2022
As midterms loom, lawmakers on Capitol Hill push banking reforms for legal cannabis
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing their Senate colleagues to pass legislation that would make financing easier for cannabis operations in the United States. Retailers and industry adv...
Sep 15, 2022