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Border workers issue strike notice to government, job action to start Friday: union
OTTAWA - A union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers says its members will begin job action across the country on Friday. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and its Cust...
Aug 04, 2021
Injured vets filing claims faster than officials can process them despite extra staff
OTTAWA - New figures from Veterans Affairs Canada show that despite adding hundreds of staff, injured ex-soldiers are still submitting claims for disability benefits faster than officials are processi...
Aug 04, 2021
Albertans ready for single event sports betting, says AGLC
Officials with Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis (AGLC) are eagerly awaiting the effective date of Bill C-218, the recently passed federal legislation which would allow players to wager on the out...
Aug 04, 2021
After long delay due to global pandemic, CFL finally set to resume playing football
Commissioner Randy Ambrosie and the CFL are finally back in the football business. The CFL kicks off the '21 season Thursday night, its first action since the 2019 Grey Cup game. The league cancelled ...
Aug 04, 2021
Nunavut community of Qikiqtarjuaq to get long-awaited deepwater port
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Baffin Island community of Qikiqtarjuaq will see a deepwater port built in its community after decades of lobbying the federal government. Infrastructure minister Catherine McKe...
Aug 04, 2021
Manitoba minister says residential schools meant to eliminate Indigenous people
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba cabinet minister who once defended some of the intentions behind residential schools now says they were part of a genocide. Alan Lagimodiere says former prime minister John A. Ma...
Aug 04, 2021
U15 AAA Red Deer Ernco Braves go 3-1 over August long weekend
The U15 AAA Red Deer Ernco Braves went 3-1 over the August long weekend, improving their season to 27-5-0 and ending a seven game winning streak, while losing the third and final games of the four-gam...
Aug 04, 2021
Conservatives raise twice as much as Liberals in first half of year as election looms
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives raised roughly twice as much money as the Liberals in the first half of 2021, lending them a cash advantage ahead of a likely fall election. Elections Canada filings...
Aug 04, 2021
Bo Levi Mitchell leads a Calgary Stampeders lineup with a lot of new faces
The Calgary Stampeders enter the CFL season with a healthy Bo Levi Mitchell, after taking time off during training camp to rest a sore groin, and a host of fresh faces. The first test of that new tale...
Aug 04, 2021
Liberals commit $96 million to Black community organizations: Hussen
OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says the federal government is allocating up to $96 million in funding for Black community organizations. Speaking to reporters in Toronto today, Huss...
Aug 04, 2021