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Alberta, Ottawa spending $7 million to fund six new urban wildfire teams
Alberta's public safety minister says provincial and federal funding will create six teams of urban wildfire crews across the province.Mike Ellis says having six more teams means Alberta will have eig...
May 23, 2025
Man charged in Red Deer break and enter scheduled for preliminary hearing
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for one of two people charged in relation to a Red Deer break and enter last year. Mark Douglas Ditchburn, 35, of Red Deer, is scheduled to see if his case has...
May 23, 2025
PWHL's Vancouver expansion team names Cara Gardner Morey first general manager
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's new Professional Women's Hockey League team has named Cara Gardner Morey as its first general manager. The league made the announcement Friday. Gardner Morey is coming off of e...
May 23, 2025
Pelley: Maple Leafs won't fill president's role after Shanahan's dismissal
TORONTO - The Maple Leafs' president's chair will remain vacant. Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment czar Keith Pelley says the conglomerate doesn't plan to fill the hockey team's top job after anno...
May 23, 2025
Bloc Québécois files legal challenge of Terrebonne riding results after one-vote loss
TERREBONNE - The Bloc Qubcois says it has filed a Superior Court challenge to overturn the election results in the federal riding of Terrebonne after losing by one vote. In a news release, the party s...
May 23, 2025
Red Deer teen charged in firearms incident, scheduled for trial
Trial dates have been scheduled for a Red Deer teen charged in a firearms incident in the city's south end last month. Maverick McGillivary, 18, of Red Deer, is scheduled for trial on Jan. 16 and 19, ...
May 23, 2025
12 people injured in stabbing at Hamburg train station, authorities say
BERLIN (AP) - An assailant stabbed people at the central railway station in the German city of Hamburg on Friday, injuring 12 people - six of them critically, authorities said. A suspect in the attack...
May 23, 2025
Alberta finance minister warns of public sector strike ahead of renewed union talks
Alberta's finance minister is warning there could be a labour disruption as negotiations are set to resume with the union representing thousands of government workers across the province.Nate Horner, ...
May 23, 2025
Lawyer challenging Trump's trade war says tariffs are 'illegal and abusive'
WASHINGTON - As a mounting number of challenges against U.S. President Donald Trump's global trade war start making their way through court, a lawyer representing small businesses says the tariffs are...
May 23, 2025
Western premiers agree to develop new economic corridors, call for federal support
Canada's western premiers say they've agreed to identify, plan and develop new economic corridors to connect provincial resources to international markets.The leaders from British Columbia, the Prairi...
May 23, 2025