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NAFTA's sticking points: Key hurdles to clear on the way to a deal
OTTAWA - Canadian and U.S. officials are up against time in their rocky attempts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. To get to the finish line, there are a number of obstacles to m...
Aug 31, 2018
A look at the Canadian Football League at the halfway mark
TORONTO - It’s Labour Day weekend in the CFL, and for many, the unofficial start of the season. For some teams, it’s an opportunity to begin their playoff push against a bitter rival. For ...
Aug 31, 2018
Trans Mountain ruling increases uncertainty among resource industry groups
The Federal Court of Appeal’s ruling that consultations for the Trans Mountain project were inadequate has raised concerns from the resources industry about added uncertainty around the duty to ...
Aug 31, 2018

Chinook’s Edge welcomes new teachers
Chinook's Edge School Division recently kicked off the new school year by hosting its annual New Teacher Orientation. Thirty-two teachers who are either new to the profession or new to the division to...
Aug 31, 2018
AP Essay: Aretha Franklin, John McCain and the 1960s
“Hope I die before I get old,” the Who sang at Woodstock as the 1960s hurtled to their end. Indeed, the decade and its echoes made premature legends of so many - Kennedy to King, Hendrix t...
Aug 31, 2018
Journalists who worked on documentary arrested in N Ireland
LONDON - Two journalists who worked on a documentary about a mass killing in Northern Ireland were arrested Friday on suspicion of stealing confidential documents. Police said two men, aged 51 and 48,...
Aug 31, 2018
Ex members of Nobel literature body 'no plans on returning'
COPENHAGEN - Two former members of the prestigious body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature who quit in the wake of a sex abuse and financial crimes scandal have dismissed reports they were retu...
Aug 31, 2018

Trump notifies Congress of US trade deal with Mexico and Canada, if it's willing
WASHINGTON - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland gave a cold shoulder to U.S. President Donald Trump and cozied up instead to her American trade counterpart Friday as Canada’s effort to r...
Aug 31, 2018

Community conversation on elder abuse in central Alberta
Local service providers will gather in Sylvan Lake next month to address the issue of elder abuse in central Alberta. Hosted by the Sylvan Lake and Area Community Coordinated Response (CCR) to Elder A...
Aug 31, 2018

Aimia reaches settlement agreement in Aeroplan expiry class action case
Aimia Inc. has agreed to settle a nine-year-old lawsuit over the expiry of Aeroplan mileage points and the closure of dormant Aeroplan accounts - setting the stage for a return of points to eligible m...
Aug 31, 2018