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Second grizzly bear found shot dead south of Grande Prairie
GRANDE PRAIRIE- Alberta Fish and Wildlife officers are investigating another case of a grizzly bear being shot south of Grande Prairie. Less than a week after a female cub was found shot dead off the ...
Sep 21, 2018
Feds launch review of oil tanker traffic in bid to renew pipeline approval
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says the government is not assuming the National Energy Board will once again recommend the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion go forward as he asks it...
Sep 21, 2018
Alberta puts $5.2 million into Kananaskis Country for campsites, river access
KANANASKIS – The Alberta government is putting $5.2 million into a redevelopment plan for Kananaskis Country as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations. Officials say the money will be used in...
Sep 21, 2018
Here's a list of August inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.8 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuat...
Sep 21, 2018
Here's a list August inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.8 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and ...
Sep 21, 2018
Case for interest rate hike builds with resilient inflation data: analysts
OTTAWA - The country showed signs of growing price pressures last month with inflation staying strong and its underlying pace grinding higher - both of which propped up expectations that higher intere...
Sep 21, 2018
China treats Uighur kids as 'orphans' after parents seized
ISTANBUL - Every morning, Meripet wakes up to her nightmare: The Chinese government has turned four of her children into orphans, even though she and their father are alive. Meripet and her husband le...
Sep 21, 2018
Iran's domestic car market stalls as nuclear deal falters
TEHRAN, Iran - Across Iran’s capital, rush-hour traffic always grinds to a halt, a sea of boxy Renault four-doors and Peugeot coupes all idling their way through the streets of Tehran. Soon, how...
Sep 21, 2018
Path forward for Kavanaugh could be like Clarence Thomas'
WASHINGTON - When Clarence Thomas arrived at the Supreme Court in 1991 after a bruising confirmation hearing in which his former employee Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment, fellow justice By...
Sep 21, 2018
Reckoning with loss of homes, livelihoods after Florence
SPRING LAKE, N.C. - With Florence’s floodwaters receding in some places and still menacing others, tired and waterlogged North Carolinians are finally getting a chance to take stock of the destr...
Sep 21, 2018