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Urgent recommendation calls for inspection of Canadian-made De Havilland Otter planes
VANCOUVER - Aviation regulators in Canada and the United States are being urged to order the immediate inspection of a type of Canadian-built float plane involved in a deadly crash in Washington state...
Oct 28, 2022
Vancouver Canucks acquire defenceman Bear, forward Pederson from Carolina Hurricanes
The struggling Vancouver Canucks bolstered their lineup on Friday with the acquisition of defenceman Ethan Bear and forward Lane Pederson from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for a fifth-round dra...
Oct 28, 2022
Market Watch: October 28, 2022
Big Picture Earnings Take Centre Stage as Investors Try to Gauge Economy's Health U.S. stocks posted solid gains on Monday as investors looked ahead to a busy week of earnings results, including key n...
Oct 28, 2022
Ottawa restricting foreign state-owned investments in critical minerals
OTTAWA - The federal government is restricting the involvement of foreign state-owned companies in Canada's critical minerals sector. Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and Natural Resource...
Oct 28, 2022
Wolf Creek Golf Resort goes into receivership
One of central Alberta's most popular golf courses has gone into receivership.Ryan Vold, president of Wolf Creek Golf Resort -- which has a history going back to the 1980s -- emailed a letter to membe...
Oct 28, 2022
Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum celebrating Halloween and CFR
Over the next week we will be hosting a few community events here at the Hall. On October 29 we will be hosting a Halloween movie night. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the movie starts at 7:00 p...
Oct 28, 2022
Federal funding for Red Deer Polytechnic’s CIM-TAC supports growth of health care device manufacturing in central Alberta
As part of Red Deer Polytechnic's (RDP) continued pursuit of excellence in applied research, Polytechnic officials say the Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing (CIM-TAC) has been awarded $570,000 in...
Oct 28, 2022
Rights activist, archaeologist, architect honored in Spain
OVIEDO, Spain (AP) - A Polish human rights activist, a celebrated Mexican archaeologist and a Japanese architect were among the winners of prestigious Spanish awards who were honored Friday at a royal...
Oct 28, 2022
Concordia University issues apology to Black community for history of racism
Montreal's Concordia University today issued a formal apology to Black communities for the harm caused by institutional racism and in particular for events that led to a landmark 1969 student protest....
Oct 28, 2022
Advocates urge Ottawa to remove quota on Afghan refugee sponsorship program
TORONTO - A group of advocates is urging the federal government to remove the limit on applications to sponsor certain Afghan refugees in Canada - or at least stop counting rejected applications towar...
Oct 28, 2022