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Canada brings home first plane-crash victim, pushes Iran to respect families
OTTAWA - The first body of a Canadian who died in the Tehran plane crash has come home, the country's foreign minister said Tuesday, as the government pushed Iran to respect the wishes ...
Jan 23, 2020
In St. John's, N.L., hopes rise of return to normalcy in daily life — and death
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - There's hope in St. John's, N.L., that the daily concerns of life - and death - will slowly begin returning to normal over the weekend. Thursday marked the provincial capital's...
Jan 23, 2020
Commemorative stamp pays tribute to all-black hockey league in the Maritimes
CHERRY BROOK, N.S. - Canada Post plans to unveil a commemorative stamp today that pays tribute to an all-black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes. The stamp tells the...
Jan 23, 2020
Longtime Quebec union leader Fernand Daoust dead at 93 after illness
MONTREAL - Fernand Daoust, a long-time Quebec union leader best known for his time with the Quebec Federation of Labour (FTQ), has died at 93. The cause of death wasn't made public but ...
Jan 23, 2020
Sides in Regina refinery labour dispute lay down conditions for talks to resume
REGINA - The owner of a Regina oil refinery where workers are locked out in a contract dispute says there has been a discussion with the union about returning to the bargaining table. But Fe...
Jan 23, 2020
Commemorative stamp pays tribute to all-black hockey league in the Maritimes
CHERRY BROOK, N.S. - Canada Post plans to unveil a commemorative stamp today that pays tribute to an all-black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes. The stamp tells the...
Jan 23, 2020
Hydraulic fracturing likely cause of Red Deer area earthquakes: Report
Preliminary findings into the cause of a pair of earthquakes near Red Deer over the past two years have identified hydraulic fracturing as the likely cause. According to an open file report published ...
Jan 23, 2020
Women of Excellence Nominations Close Next Week
The deadline for the 2020 Women of Excellence Gala is only a week away and the Red Deer & District Community Foundation is reminding Central Alberta to take this opportunity to acknowledge an outs...
Jan 23, 2020
Prison watchdog decries 'Indigenization' of Canada's correctional system
OTTAWA - The proportion of Indigenous people in federal custody has hit a record high of more than 30 per cent due to disturbing and entrenched imbalances, Canada's prison ombudsman warned Tuesday. Th...
Jan 23, 2020
At 90, Alaska Native woman is 1st counted in US Census
TOKSOOK BAY, Alaska - Lizzie Chimiugak has lived for 90 years in the windswept western wilds of Alaska, born to a nomadic family who lived in mud homes and followed where the good hunting and fishing ...
Jan 23, 2020