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Investigators say poor track conditions caused a 2021 Amtrak derailment in Montana that killed three
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Poor track conditions that should have been flagged by a freight railroad company's inspectors caused the derailment of an Amtrak train in Montana that killed three people and inj...
Jul 27, 2023

Red Deer RCMP arrest male driving stolen vehicle
A Red Deer man is facing charges after local Mounties seized a stolen SUV last week.On July 20, 2023, members of the Red Deer Crime Reduction Team (CRT) were conducting proactive patrols in the city o...
Jul 27, 2023

Public Safety department says Liberal law did not factor into Bernardo's transfer
OTTAWA - The federal Public Safety department says Paul Bernardo would have been transferred to a medium-security prison even if the previous version of the corrections law was still been in place. Co...
Jul 27, 2023

CP NewsAlert: First victim of N.S. floods identified as member of local rock band
HALIFAX - A man who died during a torrential rainstorm last weekend in rural Nova Scotia has been identified as Nicholas Anthony Holland. Holland was one of four people, including two small children, ...
Jul 27, 2023

Study: Soccer most popular sport among Canadian kids post-pandemic
Soccer is the most popular sport for young Canadians to play, according to a recent study. The 2023 Canadian Youth Sports Report is an independent syndicated study published by Solutions Research Grou...
Jul 27, 2023

Sign outside Quebec Ukrainian summer camp vandalized with pro-Russian graffiti
CHERTSEY, Que. - Officials who run a summer camp north of Montreal for Ukrainian children say one of its signs has been vandalized with pro-Russian graffiti. A photo shows the Camp Ste-Sophie sign van...
Jul 27, 2023

CPRA launches Video Review Trial
The Canadian Professional Rodeo Association (CPRA) has announced a Video Review Trial. Officials say the initiative will kick into gear at the upcoming Hardgrass Bronc Match in Pollockville July 29 an...
Jul 27, 2023

Pat Carney, former MP, senator, remembered as kind, 'wise leader'
VANCOUVER - Pat Carney is being remembered as a life force and a woman who got things done. The former member of Parliament, senator and trailblazer died Tuesday at the age of 88. Former Conservative ...
Jul 27, 2023

Aging infrastructure struggling to keep up with storms, wildfires, changing climate
FREDERICTON - The torrential rain that washed out roads, bridges and a key rail link in Nova Scotia on the weekend is is being described as another sign that engineers cannot rely on past weather patt...
Jul 27, 2023

Alberta Human Rights Commission reflects on 50th anniversary
LETHBRIDGE, AB - It has been half a century since an organization that works to protect human rights in Alberta was established.2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Alberta Human Rights Commission, ...
Jul 27, 2023