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Norad leaders past, present call for new approach to North American defence
WASHINGTON - The deputy director of operations and the former commander of North America's shared continental defence system are urging Canada and the United States to get serious about bringing ...
Sep 11, 2020
PM agrees to virtual meeting devoted to federal health transfers to provinces
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has agreed to hold a virtual first ministers meeting on federal health care transfers to the provinces and territories. His agreement during a conference call wi...
Sep 11, 2020
Victims of ex-senator Don Meredith deserve better than ongoing delays: lawyer
OTTAWA - A lawyer for some of the victims of ex-senator Don Meredith says someone in the upper chamber needs to show courage and bring an end to seven years of deliberations over how to address the ha...
Sep 11, 2020
Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal charged with fraud and breach of trust by RCMP
OTTAWA - The RCMP say they've charged former Liberal MP Raj Grewal with fraud and breach of trust. They allege the former MP for Brampton East took millions of dollars in personal loans without tellin...
Sep 11, 2020
Red Deer RCMP issue 140 tickets to speeders in school zones
Red Deer RCMP are urging all drivers to slow down in school and playground zones after issuing 167 tickets, including 140 for speeding during their annual back to school safety blitz during the first ...
Sep 11, 2020
Government says COVID-19 scheduled surgery backlog cut by 88 per cent
Officials with the provincial government say Albertans will have the best access to scheduled surgery in Canada by 2023 in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.On Sept. 11, Minister of Health Tyler Shandro ...
Sep 11, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 11
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:05 a.m. EDT on Sept. 11, 2020: There are 135,136 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 64,244 confirmed (including 5,773 deaths, 56,624...
Sep 11, 2020
Health experts criticize Canada vaccine deals, call for international funding
OTTAWA - More than 100 Canadian heath and policy experts say the federal government has succumbed to "vaccine nationalism" because it has pre-purchased tens of millions of vaccine doses from private c...
Sep 11, 2020
Alberta hiring staff for feasibility study of replacing RCMP with new force
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is looking to hire a contractor to study the benefits and costs of a proposed provincial police force that could replace the RCMP.Online job postings show the provinc...
Sep 11, 2020
Energy sector looking for aid and regulation delays as throne speech looms
OTTAWA - Canada's fossil-fuel sector is looking to this month's throne speech for signs the federal government is not throwing in the towel on oil and gas. At the same time Canadian climate strikers a...
Sep 11, 2020