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Alberta adds $16M to fix up aging government-owned homes and put them back in use
CALGARY - Alberta is spending an extra $16 million to fix up aging government-owned affordable housing units to make them inhabitable once again. Social Services Minister Jason Nixon says the money is...
Sep 13, 2023

John Tavares on the Maple Leafs' off-season of change: 'The page has been turned'
HENDERSON, Nev. - John Tavares could only watch and wait. The Toronto Maple Leafs captain was still processing his team's second-round playoff exit when Kyle Dubas took the stage for an emotional end-...
Sep 13, 2023

Wave of teacher absences forcing Vegas-area school closures deemed an illegal strike, judge finds
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A judge on Wednesday found that the teachers union in Las Vegas is behind a wave of absences and ordered an end to what she said is "very clearly a strike" during a bitter contract ba...
Sep 13, 2023

Delegation to honour Indigenous soldiers who died during Second World War
OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Canada says there are plans to honour the graves of Indigenous soldiers who helped liberate the Netherlands during the Second World War. The Indigenous Legacy Project, which ...
Sep 13, 2023

Federal judge blocks suspension of right to carry firearms in public ordered by New Mexico governor
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A federal judge has blocked part of a public health order that suspended the right to carry guns in public across New Mexico's largest metro area. The ruling Wednesday by U.S....
Sep 13, 2023

A timeline of the E. coli outbreak linked to Calgary daycares and a central kitchen
CALGARY - More than 250 people, mostly children, have been infected in an E. coli outbreak linked to 11 daycares in Calgary. Twenty-five are in hospital. Six of those patients are on dialysis, which i...
Sep 13, 2023

Northern View: Millenium Park Camp
The complex and difficult decision by the Mayor and Council to shut down the homeless camp at Millenium Park garnered some criticism from those who opposed the move, but it seems clear the majority of...
Sep 13, 2023

Montreal to expand Mount Royal Park, ban cars from part of main access road
Montreal has announced plans to expand its famous Mount Royal Park by closing one of the two access roads to vehicular traffic. Camillien-Houde Way, which provides access to the park from the northeas...
Sep 13, 2023

Quebec government says data not compromised after websites hit by cyberattack
QUEBEC - The Quebec government has been hit with a denial-of-service style cyberattack allegedly carried out by the pro-Russian hacker group NoName, with some government-linked websites down as a resu...
Sep 13, 2023

Man walked naked out of shower, found Mountie in his bedroom: lawsuit
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A British Columbia man who is suing the RCMP claims he walked naked out of his shower to find a female uniformed Mountie standing in his bedroom. Kirk Forbes says the encounter in hi...
Sep 13, 2023