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Ontario not on track to achieve 2030 emissions reductions targets: auditor
TORONTO - Ontario is unlikely to meet its 2030 emissions target under its current climate change plan - and Premier Doug Ford's government knows it, the province's auditor gen...
Dec 06, 2019
Appeal of Calgary triple murderer Douglas Garland dismissed by Alberta court
WARNING: This story contains graphic content that some readers might find disturbing. Discretion is advised. Alberta's top court has dismissed the appeal filed by a man found guilty of killing a Calga...
Dec 06, 2019
Prosecutors accuse Weinstein of mishandling ankle monitor
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein violated his bail conditions by mishandling his electronic ankle monitor, which left his whereabouts unrecorded for hours at a time, a New York prosecutor argued Friday. Pr...
Dec 06, 2019
Buffalo bishop resigns under fire for handling of misconduct
NEW YORK - Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo resigned Wednesday, forced to step aside amid mounting calls for his ouster from his staff, priests and public over his handling of allegations of clergy se...
Dec 06, 2019
N.S. girl earns bravery award for saving family from van that plunged into river
HALIFAX - Six-year-old Sophia Grace LeBlanc and two siblings were in a van driven by their mother in November 2018 when the vehicle left the highway near Little River, N.S., and plunged into a river, ...
Dec 06, 2019
Pelosi to deliver public statement on Trump impeachment
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday she would deliver an unusual public statement on the status of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. On Wednesday, Pelos...
Dec 06, 2019
Red Deer area unemployment rate drops in November
RED DEER- The unemployment rate for the Red Deer area fell from 7.3% in October to 6.5% last month, according to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada.Provincially, the November rate rose to 7.2% ...
Dec 06, 2019
Feds approve Alberta's carbon tax on big industrial emitters
OTTAWA - The federal government is giving the Alberta government a passing grade for its industrial carbon tax.Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says today his department agrees Alberta's planne...
Dec 06, 2019
Closing arguments heard in Calgary quadruple murder trial
CALGAR - Defence lawyers for a pair accused in a Calgary quadruple killing say the Crown has not proven its case.The remains of Hanock Afowerk were found at the side of a rural highway in July 2017.Th...
Dec 06, 2019
Ties between Trudeau, Trump tested at close of NATO summit
WATFORD, United Kingdom - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau escaped an international summit with his relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump apparently intact despite ill-timed commen...
Dec 06, 2019