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Ottawa, B.C. to push electrification of gas industry to cut carbon emissions
SURREY, B.C. - The federal and British Columbia governments want to power the production of the natural gas industry in the province using electricity. As part of an agreement announced Thursday, the ...
Aug 29, 2019
Ottawa, B.C. to push electrification of gas industry to cut carbon emissions
SURREY, B.C. - The federal and British Columbia governments want to power the production of the natural gas industry in the province using electricity. As part of an agreement announced Thursday, the ...
Aug 29, 2019
Quebec boards say they have more classes than teachers as kids return to school
MONTREAL - As thousands of Quebec students return to class this week, school boards say they're short of teachers to educate them. Gina Guillemette, a spokeswoman for the Montreal-area ...
Aug 29, 2019
Erin bringing heavy rain to parts of the Maritimes, warnings in effect
HALIFAX - The remnants of post-tropical storm Erin were expected to bring heavy rain overnight to a fairly narrow band of the western Maritimes. Bob Robichaud, warning preparedness meteorologist ...
Aug 29, 2019
Cocaine, cash and cars seized in Edmonton with ties to PG
EDMONTON- Edmonton's Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) organized crime gang team arrested three people earlier this month, with ties to Prince George, resulting in the seizure of cocaine,...
Aug 29, 2019 Courtesy of Edmonton ALERT
Ambrose disagrees with Scheer's assertion that Trudeau caved to Trump on NAFTA
OTTAWA - The Conservatives' former leader doesn't agree with the current leader's assertion that Canada got taken to the cleaners by Donald Trump on the renegotiated NAFTA. Rona Ambrose, who was inter...
Aug 29, 2019
Canadian-trained all-female military unit going through paces in Jordan
OTTAWA - As thousands of troops from more than two dozen countries kick off an annual military exercise in the Middle Eastern country of Jordan amid heightened tensions between the West and Iran, Cana...
Aug 29, 2019
Alberta United Conservative government repeals ban on school seclusion rooms
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservatives have repealed a ban on seclusion rooms in schools that was brought in by the previous NDP government. The ban on the rooms, which are meant to give disru...
Aug 29, 2019
BP to shed Alaska assets, sell to Hilcorp Alaska for $5.6B
JUNEAU, Alaska - BP plans to sell its interests in Alaska's once prodigious North Slope to a company seen as having a reputation of giving new life to aging fields. The sale to Hilcorp Alaska, an affi...
Aug 29, 2019
Human remains discovered near Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE - Human remains have been discovered just west of Williams Lake. North District RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says a fisherman made the discovery yesterday in the river near the Sheep Cre...
Aug 29, 2019