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Local group growing food sustainability
Concerns over food insecurity and supply chain issues have inspired a group of locals to establish a "ground-breaking" initiative of sorts.The Common Ground Garden Project, located in Red Deer's up an...
Jan 21, 2022

Ottawa's talks with Quebec shipyard to build much-needed icebreakers shrouded in fog
OTTAWA - Questions are swirling over yet another delay in Ottawa's nearly $100-billion plan to rebuild the fleets of Canada's navy and coast guard - only this time the delay isn't due to the stalled c...
Jan 21, 2022

Manitoba RCMP lay charges against corrections officer in death of inmate
WINNIPEG - Manitoba RCMP say they have charged a corrections officer in the death of a 45-year-old inmate at the Headingley Correctional Centre. RCMP say William Ahmo from Sagkeeng First Nation died o...
Jan 21, 2022

NDP calls on government to give emergency one-off payment to desperate seniors
OTTAWA - New Democrats want the federal government to give the most cash-strapped seniors a one-off emergency payment to help them pay for basics, including food and rent. Rachel Blaney, the NDP's spo...
Jan 21, 2022

Man pleads guilty to ammunition-related charge linked to Nova Scotia mass killer
HALIFAX - One of three people accused of supplying ammunition to the gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia in 2020 has pleaded guilty to a single charge. Chris Hansen, a spokeswoman for the Nova ...
Jan 21, 2022

Prime minister calls freezing deaths of four near U.S. border mind-boggling, tragic
Canada is doing all it can to stop people from risking their lives by crossing the border illegally, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Trudeau was responding to the deaths of a family that tr...
Jan 21, 2022

Severe weather, hours of walking: Court documents detail deadly trek to U.S. border
EMERSON, MANITOBA - Dressed in new winter jackets, balaclavas and insulated rubber boots, a group of Indian citizens walked hours in the prairie darkness through fields of knee-deep snow hoping to get...
Jan 21, 2022

AHL suspends Barracuda forward Hrabik 30 games for 'racial gesture'
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The American Hockey League has suspended San Jose Barracuda forward Krystof Hrabik 30 games for making a "racial gesture" at Tucson Roadrunners left-wing Boko Imama during a game ...
Jan 21, 2022

Kilde extends WCup downhill dominance with Kitzbühel win
KITZBHEL, Austria - When Aleksander Aamodt Kilde flipped through the photos on his phone Friday, just hours before one of the main World Cup downhills of the season, he got a dramatic reminder of his ...
Jan 21, 2022

'A pretty easy process:' With new contract done, Bombers' Collaros focused on 3-peat
WINNIPEG - It's fitting Zach Collaros signed a new contract with the Blue Bombers while celebrating a belated Christmas with family in his hometown. The team's star quarterback gave fans a gift by ink...
Jan 21, 2022