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Business groups say Canada needs to plan differently to deal with Trump's second term
OTTAWA - Donald Trump's mandate to get tough on trade is expected to be stronger in his second term as U.S. president, posing different challenges for Canada than his first four years in the White Hou...
Nov 07, 2024
RMA skeptical about reporting oil and gas companies for unpaid municipal taxes
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is asking rural municipalities to send letters naming oil and gas companies that aren't paying their property taxes, but one rural leader says there's no hope for enf...
Nov 07, 2024
Province changes trapping regulations, wilderness group reacts
EDMONTON - Alberta Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen says the decision to lift limits on trapping for animals like wolverines is being done to get more data on what to do with them. Until recent...
Nov 07, 2024
Alouettes hope Argos QB Chad Kelly relives nightmares in East final
MONTREAL - Chad Kelly had a game - and performance - to forget 12 months ago. The Montreal Alouettes are hoping the Toronto Argonauts quarterback lives a similar nightmare this week. Montreal hosts th...
Nov 07, 2024
Republican David McCormick flips pivotal Pennsylvania Senate seat, ousts Bob Casey
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Republican David McCormick has won Pennsylvania's pivotal U.S. Senate seat, as the former CEO of the world's largest hedge fund beat three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in Tues...
Nov 07, 2024
New faces relish time in training camp under Canada head coach Jesse Marsch
TORONTO - Shola Jimoh was headed out to buy some food when he got a text from a number he didn't recognize. "I opened it and I saw (it from) Jesse Marsch. I was shocked," said the 16-year-old York Uni...
Nov 07, 2024
NCAA lifts eligibility ban in allowing Canadian Hockey League players to compete at US colleges
The NCAA Division I Council on Thursday approved a rule allowing players with Canadian Hockey League experience to compete at U.S. colleges starting next season, a landmark decision that has the poten...
Nov 07, 2024
Republican David McCormick flips pivotal Pennsylvania Senate seat
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Republican David McCormick has won Pennsylvania's pivotal U.S. Senate seat, as the former CEO of the world's largest hedge fund beat three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in Tues...
Nov 07, 2024
B.C. gender justice groups call for repeal of Name Act changed over child killer
Gender justice groups in British Columbia are calling for the repeal of recent provincial legislation that prevents people convicted of serious Criminal Code offences from changing their names. The ca...
Nov 07, 2024
Innisfail RCMP and sheriff SCAN team make drug trafficking bust in Innisfail
Innisfail RCMP, with assistance from a variety of additional RCMP teams, arrested 12 people while executing search warrants on three residences allegedly connected to drug trafficking in the town of I...
Nov 07, 2024