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Minister Schulz travelling to Japan to promote Alberta energy and international partnerships
Rebecca Schulz, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, is travelling to Japan in an effort to promote Alberta's environmental and energy track record and advance new partnerships with the countr...
Jan 29, 2025

Human smuggling attempt thwarted in Fort Erie, Ont., near U.S. border: authorities
Canadian authorities say they've intercepted a human smuggling attempt in Ontario's Niagara region as part of a larger border security effort. The Canada Border Services Agency and the RCMP say they c...
Jan 29, 2025

B.C. assembles 'war room' to push back against U.S. tariff threats
VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier is assembling a "war room" over the looming trade war between Canada and the United States, with President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs on Canadian goods com...
Jan 29, 2025

Government of Alberta introduces antisemitism teachings to junior high social studies
In an effort to make sure all students, including those from the Jewish community, feel safe, welcome and cared for in classrooms, the Government of Alberta will begin to ensure that the new draft Gra...
Jan 29, 2025

JV and senior basketball tournaments hitting the courts in Red Deer this weekend
Two basketball tournaments will take place in Red Deer over the Jan. 31-Feb. 1 weekend. Hosted by Hunting Hills High, the annual JV Basketball Tournament will take place in the school gymnasium, bring...
Jan 29, 2025

Man sentenced in stolen vehicle seizure
It's six months in jail for a central Alberta man charged with several offences following the seizure of a stolen vehicle last summer. Isaiah Okeynan, 29, a resident of Maskwacis, was sentenced in Wet...
Jan 29, 2025

Canadian tennis star Auger-Aliassime into Montpellier quarterfinals
MONTPELLIER - Montreal's Flix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals of the Open Occitanie tennis tournament with a 6-4, 7-6 (5) win over France's Arthur Cazaux on Wednesday. Auger-Aliassime, s...
Jan 29, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Three staff injured in Halifax hospital assault
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's health minister says three hospital staff were injured in an assault by a patient this afternoon at the Halifax Infirmary emergency department. Halifax police say they responde...
Jan 29, 2025

Trump directing the opening of Guantanamo Bay detention center to hold migrants in US illegally
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are living illegally in the United St...
Jan 29, 2025

Abdelrazik's lawyer cites 'serial hypocrisies' in final detention case arguments
OTTAWA - A lawyer for Abousfian Abdelrazik accused the federal government of "serial hypocrisies" as closing arguments began on his client's lawsuit over his prolonged detention in Sudan. Paul Champ a...
Jan 29, 2025