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ALERT busts Alberta-B.C. drug pipeline
Police have arrested 12 people after busting what they call a drug pipeline between Alberta and British Columbia.Investigators say a two-year probe -- dubbed Project Elder -- looked into interprovinci...
Jun 12, 2019
Genocide against Indigenous women and girls 'obvious,' says chief commissioner
VANCOUVER - The chief commissioner of the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls says it's "pretty obvious" that the tragedies amount to a genocide. Marion Buller made the r...
Jun 12, 2019
Four-way stop installed at 49 St. and 50 Ave.
Drivers in Rocky Mountain House will notice something new as of today. The Town has installed a new four-way stop at the intersection of 49 Street and 50 Avenue. "It's a permanent change to improve ve...
Jun 12, 2019 (Town of Rocky Mountain House)
Edmonton murder trial hears child went from chunky, happy to skin and bones
EDMONTON - A woman who lived with two people charged in the death of a toddler found outside an Edmonton church says she often heard crying, yelling, smacking and more crying from their bedr...
Jun 12, 2019
Quebec trying to speed up process to adopt secularism bill ahead of summer break
Quebec Premier Francois Legault says his government is showing good faith by specifying what kinds of religious symbols it plans to ban for many public sector workers. The government tabled an am...
Jun 12, 2019
Trudeau appoints first ambassador to advance women, peace and security
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Canada's first ambassador for women, peace and security. Jacqueline O'Neill, who has served on a number of related international bodies, assumes&nb...
Jun 12, 2019
In Tel Aviv, Neil Patrick Harris says he's no gay icon
TEL AVIV, Israel - This year's official international ambassador to Tel Aviv's Gay Pride Parade says he has no interest in being a gay activist. Neil Patrick Harris arrived in Israel Wednesday along w...
Jun 12, 2019
Canada's treatment of Indigenous women not a 'genocide', Scheer says
OTTAWA - "Genocide" isn't the right word to describe what's been done to generations of Indigenous women and girls in Canada, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Monday. Last week, the federal...
Jun 12, 2019
Husky pleads guilty over oil leak into North Saskatchewan River
LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. - Husky Energy has pleaded guilty in a pipeline leak that sent oil spilling into a major river that is the source of drinking water for a number of Saskatchewan communiti...
Jun 12, 2019
11U AA Braves remain undefeated this season
The Dick's Auto 11U AA Braves are rolling along, pushing their overall record on the season to 10-0. This includes a 9-0 record in the province's top league for 11U.Monday night, the Braves defeated S...
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