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Rocky Chamber of Commerce gets new Executive Director
The Rocky Chamber of Commerce has a new face that will be taking over the roll as Executive Director. At the Chamber's last Lunch N Learn on June 8, Prab Lashar was announced as the new Executive Dire...
Jun 12, 2017
Toronto proposes new rules for short-term rentals, including Airbnb properties
Toronto’s mayor says proposed new rules for the city’s short-term rental market, including properties listed on Airbnb, would help strike a balance between the need for such accommodations...
Jun 12, 2017
Canada and U.S. remain 'quite far apart' on softwood lumber, Freeland says
MONTREAL - Canada and the United States remain “quite far apart” on negotiating a softwood lumber settlement, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday, suggesting that any ho...
Jun 12, 2017
Red Deer Mounties seek Quentin Strawberry on outstanding warrants
RED DEER – RCMP are searching for 35-year-old Quentin Lee Strawberry, who is wanted on warrants for armed robbery with a firearm, assault with a weapon and forcible confinement. Local Mounties h...
Jun 12, 2017
Defence questions woman's memory at Toronto police sex assault trial
TORONTO - A woman who accused three Toronto police officers of sexually assaulting her after a night of drinking testified Monday she was certain she didn’t consent to sex with the men, despite ...
Jun 12, 2017
Northern Quebec stabbings: victims, suspect identified by coroner's office
AKULIVIK, Que. - A man who lived 34 years in the remote Quebec Inuit community of Akulivik, where three people were stabbed to death on the weekend, calls it the “scariest and bravest” tow...
Jun 12, 2017
Terror victim Christine Archibald remembered at memorial in Castlegar, B.C.
CASTLEGAR, B.C. - An organizer says hundreds turned out Sunday evening in Castlegar, B.C., for a memorial service honouring several young people from the West Kootenay community, including a local wom...
Jun 12, 2017
Brad Trost leadership campaign fined $50K over Tory membership list
OTTAWA - Brad Trost’s Conservative leadership campaign said Monday it’s been hit with a $50,000 fine over unauthorized use of the party’s membership list. But Trost’s campaign ...
Jun 12, 2017
It's National Blood Donor Week
National Blood Donor Week is typically a time to celebrate donors across the country. This year, however, Canadian Blood Services is focused on a critical need for blood donations and is urging Canadi...
Jun 12, 2017
Nunavut Mountie stabbed while arresting teen, officer in stable condition: RCMP
CAMBRIDGE BAY, Nunavut - Police say a Mountie has been stabbed while arresting a teen who was waving a firearm in Nunavut. RCMP says the constable was taken by air ambulance to a hospital in Yellowkni...
Jun 12, 2017