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Liberal MPs decry Vancouver Port Authority truck program in letters to minister
OTTAWA - Four federal Liberal MPs have written to Transport Minister Omar Alghabra expressing frustration with a much-criticized program that aims to replace older trucks that service the Vancouver Po...
Feb 22, 2023

Town of Coaldale launches industrial incentive program
COALDALE, AB - Coaldale town council hopes to attract more industrial businesses to the community.At the council meeting on February 13, 2023, members voted to approve a new Industrial Incentive Polic...
Feb 22, 2023

Veteran CFL quarterback Bethel-Thompson announces he'll play in USFL
McLeod Bethel-Thompson has clarified his football future, and it doesn't include a return to the CFL. The veteran quarterback announced on social media that he'll play with the USFL's New Orleans Brea...
Feb 22, 2023

Province announces more supports for displaced Ukrainian students
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has announced new supports for Ukrainian students displaced from their home country.As Russia's war with Ukraine continues, the province said it expects more...
Feb 22, 2023

Stuart Skinner calms Oilers' crease: 'Pretty crazy evolution'
Connor McDavid has known Stuart Skinner a long time. Before the game's bright lights - before he'd even been picked by a junior club - the goaltender was grinding away as a teenager beside McDavid at ...
Feb 22, 2023

Canada's Fernandez and American partner Mattek-Sands advance in doubles at Dubai
DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates - Canada's Leylah Fernandez and American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands advanced to the women's doubles quarterfinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 3-6, 6-1,...
Feb 22, 2023

Canadian military says it has tracked, stopped China surveillance in Arctic waters
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces confirm that they are aware of recent efforts by China to conduct surveillance operations in Canadian airspace and waters. Spokesm...
Feb 22, 2023

Baseball Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins to have statue erected in Chatham, Ont.
CHATHAM, Ont. - Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins will be honoured by his hometown with a new statue. The city of Chatham-Kent in southwestern Ontario will unveil a nine-foot tall bronze ...
Feb 22, 2023

NDP MP urges feds to create 'Red Dress Alert' for missing Indigenous women
OTTAWA - An NDP member of Parliament is asking the federal government to establish a system that would send the public a phone notification when an Indigenous woman goes missing. Leah Gazan penned a l...
Feb 22, 2023

Biden: Putin's suspension of arms treaty with US a 'mistake'
WARSAW (AP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin made a "mistake" by suspending his country's participation in the the last remaining U.S.-Russia nuclear arms con...
Feb 22, 2023