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Fermenting ferns? Rare dinosaur stomach fossil opens door to ancient world
Fresh ferns, loaded with spores, lightly dusted with leaves and twigs and perfectly seasoned with locally sourced charcoal. Sound good? It did to an ankylosaur about 110 million years ago, a...
Jun 02, 2020

Reaction positive to government's proposed Alberta Parole Board
The provincial government's plan to establish the Alberta Parole Board in hopes of ending a widely viewed 'catch and release' or 'revolving door' justice system is being welcomed by both urban and rur...
Jun 02, 2020

CPL's Atletico Ottawa, York 9 FC get green light to return to training
Atletico Ottawa and York 9 FC are the latest Canadian Premier League clubs to get the green light to resume training. The two teams will begin voluntary workouts on Wednesday. HFC Wanderers FC and Pac...
Jun 02, 2020

Alberta confirms 13 new COVID-19 cases
Alberta is reporting one of the lowest single-day increases in COVID-19 cases since the pandemic was declared.Just 13 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported Tuesday out of 3,227 tests comple...
Jun 02, 2020

How proceedings in the House of Commons during pandemic differ from normal
OTTAWA - Canadians who tune in to watch proceedings in the House of Commons during the COVID-19 crisis may wonder why Conservative and Bloc Quebecois MPs continue to accuse the Liberal government...
Jun 02, 2020

Massive carbon capture project finally opens in Alberta
More than a decade later, a project designed to trap greenhouse gases while also boosting the oil industry in central Alberta is finally open. It was in 2009 when the Alberta Carbon Trunk Line (ACTL) ...
Jun 02, 2020

Running for Conservative leadership not about ticking boxes: Leslyn Lewis
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis is the only woman in the race, the only immigrant, the only visible minority. Though she could seize on those qualities to differentiate he...
Jun 02, 2020

Turnbull hopes hockey helmet-sticker fundraiser helps heal home province
Blayre Turnbull knows how it feels to lose a parent at a young age. Her mother died of cancer when she was a teenager. So the Canadian women's hockey team forward wanted to help childre...
Jun 02, 2020

Liberals to ask MPs to OK $87 billion in new spending, fuelled by pandemic aid
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are asking parliamentarians to approve $60 billion in spending on a key COVID-19 emergency benefit for workers. The Liberals had expected the Canada Emergency Response Be...
Jun 02, 2020

Ontario mulls collection of race-based COVID-19 data; some argue it's essential
TORONTO - The importance of understanding the role race might play in the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted Ontario to look at regulatory changes to make collection of such data provincewide, the governm...
Jun 02, 2020