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Police 'overreach' feared in arrest of teen accused in breach of website:experts
HALIFAX - Internet law experts are questioning the arrest of a 19-year-old Halifax man for an alleged breach of a provincial website after the youth came forward to say he believed he was simply downl...
Apr 17, 2018
NDP urges Liberals to take quicker action on pay equity
OTTAWA - The New Democrats say that if the Liberals were serious about ensuring men and women get equal pay for work of equal value, they would be moving faster on introducing legislation - and attach...
Apr 17, 2018
Maurice (Mom) Boucher pleads guilty to murder conspiracy charge involving rival
MONTREAL - A former Hells Angels boss already serving a life sentence in the death of two prison guards pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to kill another underworld figure. The Crown says a sentenc...
Apr 17, 2018
Property crime in Drayton Valley area still high, new RCMP statistics show
Property crime is continuing to rise in the Drayton Valley area as 2018 progresses, according to newly released statistics from Drayton Valley RCMP. The stats from March show there were 16 theft under...
Apr 17, 2018
Alberta move to cut energy shipments expected to hit more than B.C. fuel prices
CALGARY - Economic damage will extend far beyond the fuel budgets of British Columbia residents if Alberta successfully enacts a bill allowing it to restrict oil and gas exports, observers say. The Bi...
Apr 17, 2018
Toronto man charged in military centre stabbing acted as 'terrorist group of one,' Crown says
TORONTO - A man with schizophrenia acted as a “terrorist group of one” when he attacked soldiers at a military recruitment centre in Toronto, federal prosecutors said as they argued the 30...
Apr 17, 2018
Melting Arctic sea ice may be behind endless winter: scientists
Scientists are suspecting that not enough winter in the Arctic has led to too much of it across the rest of Canada. From Toronto, where ice storms cancelled baseball games, to Calgary where residents ...
Apr 17, 2018
Widow of Quebec mosque massacre victim calls for exemplary sentence
QUEBEC - If the Quebec City mosque shooter gets anything other than an exemplary sentence or is freed one day, it would be like a second death for victims and their families, the widow of one of the s...
Apr 17, 2018
Ultra-low cost carrier could start up in Red Deer in 2019
It's looking like 2019 could be the year an ultra-low cost carrier comes to the Red Deer Regional Airport. CEO Graham Ingham presented an update to city council Monday, noting things are moving at a b...
Apr 17, 2018
Google Assistant now offers AHS wait times, latest news
CALGARY - Google Assistant is the latest voice-activated, smart-home technology that can deliver Alberta Health Services (AHS) information, including estimated emergency department wait times and the ...
Apr 17, 2018