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Quebec couple accused of stealing about $2 million from big retails stores
MONTREAL - Police say a Quebec couple has been charged after allegedly stealing roughly $2 million worth of merchandise from large retail stores in six cities across the province. Police from Laval, Q...
Feb 28, 2018
Chamber: Budget 2018 does nothing to address Canada's competitiveness
Federal Budget 2018 contains $338.5 billion dollars in spending, a $18.1 billion dollar deficit, a number of laudable goals, but very little of concrete value to address lagging Canadian competitivene...
Feb 28, 2018
Hearing scheduled for man accused of posing as lawyer, stealing from victims
A preliminary hearing has been ordered for a local man accused of posing as a lawyer as part of a fraud scheme. Mounties began their investigation in March 2017 after receiving a complaint that the su...
Feb 28, 2018
Amanda Todd's mother back B.C. schools plan to help parents fight cyberbullying
VICTORIA - The mother of a British Columbia girl whose story of cyberbullying went around the world after she took her own life says offering social media education to parents is a good investment. Ed...
Feb 28, 2018
Weapons charge still on for former Red Deer lawyer
A weapons charge against a former Red Deer lawyer is not being withdrawn as originally planned. Bradley James Mulder, 44, appeared in Red Deer Provincial Court via CCTV Wednesday morning. Mulder is cu...
Feb 28, 2018
Alberta spending more but saving more according to third-quarter fiscal update
EDMONTON — New numbers show Alberta’s economy continues to dig itself out of the deep hole caused by crashing oil prices as Premier Rachel Notley’s government both spends and saves m...
Feb 28, 2018
Canada falls 3-1 to Sweden at Algarve Cup women's soccer tournament
ALGARVE, Portugal - Canada fell 3-1 to Sweden on Wednesday in its opening match of the 2018 Algarve Cup women’s soccer tournament. Mimmi Larsson, Fridolina Rolfo and Stina Blackstenus scored for...
Feb 28, 2018
White House turmoil: As Russia probe advances, Trump blasts AG, loses Hicks
WASHINGTON - The day began with President Donald Trump publicly belittling his attorney general, and ended with him losing his communications director amid growing indications of the turmoil from a cr...
Feb 28, 2018
Jury finds Quebec man guilty of second-degree murder in death of Inuk woman
MONTREAL - The conviction of a Quebec man found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2015 death of his Inuk girlfriend sends a message to the Indigenous community that the justice system hasn’t...
Feb 28, 2018
Icy plunge blamed for deaths of three bison in Yukon: conservation officers
HAINES JUNCTION, Yukon - Conservation officers in Yukon have unravelled the mysterious deaths of three apparently healthy bison. The remains were found in a remote valley northeast of Haines Junction ...
Feb 28, 2018