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Frustration grows with no apparent end in sight for Canada-U.S. border ban
WASHINGTON - Business groups and border communities that depend on traffic across the Canada-U.S. border are growing impatient with travel restrictions that appear poised to stretch into a fourth stra...
Jun 12, 2020
Rugby league looking at forgoing scrums and changing rules to make game safer
Super League is looking at outlawing scrums for the rest of the 2020 season and introducing other rule changes "largely to make the sport of rugby league safer in the current public health situation."...
Jun 12, 2020
Canada rebuts UN Security Council critics as Champagne to NYC for final push
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is bound for New York City to join the final push for Canada's campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council. Champagne ...
Jun 12, 2020
New York governor signs police accountability legislation
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law on Friday a sweeping package of police accountability measures that received new backing following protests of George Floyd's killing, includi...
Jun 12, 2020
Sun says JK Rowling article did not glorify domestic abuse
LONDON - The Sun newspaper said Friday it did not intend to "glorify'' domestic violence by giving a platform to Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's ex-husband just days after she revealed she had been...
Jun 12, 2020
Feds, farmers, remain far apart over impact of carbon tax on grain growers
OTTAWA - The federal government says its analysis of the impact the carbon tax is having on grain farmers is based on numbers provided by the farmers themselves. But grain farmers are adaman...
Jun 12, 2020
Court hears Crown's appeal of David and Collet Stephan's not guilty verdict
CALGARY, AB - The appeal process for David and Collet Stephan's acquittal last year began Thursday in Calgary.The couple was charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life after their 19-mont...
Jun 12, 2020
CMHC re-assessing policies through a racialized lens to eliminate discrimination
OTTAWA - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says it will re-assess all of its policies and practices through a racialized lens in an effort to eliminate discrimination. In a statement today, the federa...
Jun 12, 2020
Training for early childhood educators on preventing and addressing harmful situations
The Alberta government is funding a new program that will give those that work with children more skills to better protect those very same children.The Respect in School training program is being expa...
Jun 12, 2020
Alberta Pest Monitoring Network seeking test fields
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- It's that time of year that the Alberta Insect Pest Monitoring Network is checking fields for invasive species.Bertha Armyworm traps are being placed in fields this week and the rep...
Jun 12, 2020