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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
Africa strategy back on the table, as Ottawa heralds new embassies, security projects
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have revived their plan to launch an Africa strategy, and are announcing new embassies and anti-terrorism projects on the continent. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly ...
Nov 07, 2024
Storm tracker group confirms rare tornado touchdown on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast
A resident of British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says a rare tornado that she saw touch down on Monday was like a scene out of a movie with trees coming down "like dominoes" in the high winds. Western ...
Nov 07, 2024
Expert says silence in B.C. port lockout unusual while retailers call for urgency
VANCOUVER - Canadian retailers say their frustration is growing with the lack of movement to resolve disruptions at Canada's two largest ports, including silence surrounding a lockout at British Colum...
Nov 07, 2024
9th annual Red Deer Christmas Wish Breakfast just around the corner
The ninth annual Christmas Wish Breakfast in Red Deer is fast approaching.The event, which draws upwards of 1,000 people. is set for 8-11 a.m. on Nov. 24 at Westerner Park's Harvest Centre.To attend f...
Nov 07, 2024
Quebec man's acquittal in 1978 double murder 'historic and exceptional,' lawyer says
MONTREAL - One of the lawyers for a Quebec man who was acquitted Wednesday of a decades-old double murder hopes her client's case will convince other wrongfully convicted people not to lose hope. For ...
Nov 07, 2024
Alberta RCMP reminding motorists about child seat safety
The Alberta RCMP is encouraging motorists to prioritize child seat safety this winter.As the temperature continues to drop over the next month that means more potential hazardous road conditions on ro...
Nov 07, 2024
Housing minister announces applications open for $1B critical infrastructure program
OTTAWA - Applications opened Thursday for a $1-billion federal program to help municipalities and Indigenous communities build critical infrastructure. The Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund set aside...
Nov 07, 2024
Democratic incumbent Don Davis wins reelection in North Carolina's only toss-up congressional race
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Democratic freshman Rep. Don Davis has won reelection, defending his seat from a challenge by Republican opponent Laurie Buckhout in North Carolina's only toss-up congressional ra...
Nov 07, 2024
GOP flips 2 US House seats in Pennsylvania, as Republican Scott Perry wins again
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Republicans knocked off Democrats in two perennially contested U.S. House seats in eastern Pennsylvania while U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, one of the hardest right members of the cham...
Nov 07, 2024