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Develop free speech policies or face funding cuts, Ontario tells colleges
TORONTO - Ontario colleges and universities must come up with free speech policies or face funding cuts, the Progressive Conservative government said Thursday, delivering on a promise Premier Doug For...
Aug 30, 2018
More land burned but fewer affected than last year: B.C. Wildfire Service
The B.C. government says although wildfires have broken last year’s record for the area of land burned, the human impacts have been much lower. Fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek of the B.C...
Aug 30, 2018
Rachel Notley pulls Alberta out of federal climate plan after pipeline decision
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says a court decision striking down the approval of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is a national crisis - and she’s pulling her provin...
Aug 30, 2018
Disappointment, frustration in Federal Court quashing of Trans Mountain approval
The Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce says it’s extremely disappointed today following news the Federal Court of Appeal has quashed the approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion ...
Aug 30, 2018
Improvements for 43 Street parking lot
Enhancements to a gravel parking lot north on 43 Street, north of Servus Arena, are scheduled to start this week (weather permitting). The project, which includes improvements to the gravel surface an...
Aug 30, 2018
Aretha Franklin farewells continue at her father's church
DETROIT - Before the world marks the end of Aretha Franklin’s life at her funeral Friday, fans gathered a day early to celebrate her in the place where her faith was forged and her voice was fir...
Aug 30, 2018
Arbitrator sends Kaepernick's grievance against NFL to trial
PHILADELPHIA - Colin Kaepernick and his legal team are driving inside NFL territory, forcing the league and its 32 teams to brace for a defensive stand. An arbitrator is sending Kaepernick’s gri...
Aug 30, 2018
Proud to play: No-one missing as Canadian basketball women gather for camp
TORONTO - The pride in playing for Canada was nurtured from a very early age, says veteran forward Natalie Achonwa. And so, when the big guns of Canada’s women’s basketball team gathered f...
Aug 30, 2018
Purdue Pharma says it followed all regulations after B.C. lawsuit
VANCOUVER - Purdue Pharma says it has followed all of Health Canada’s regulations, including those governing marketing, after British Columbia filed a lawsuit this week trying to recoup the heal...
Aug 30, 2018
Trans Mountain pipeline ruling shakes central pillar of Trudeau agenda
OTTAWA - On Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau painstakingly explained to students in Kapuskasing, Ont., how the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is a central pillar of his government&#...
Aug 30, 2018