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Bear, Mars, Individual: notable names for Alberta babies in 2022
MEDICINE HAT, AB - You will run into a fair share of Olivias, Emmas, Sophias, Noahs, Liams and Jacks for the next couple of decades in Alberta.You may also run into a Bear in the heart of the city, Ma...
Feb 17, 2023
International organization says Indigenous families will lead unmarked graves report
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The head of an international organization brought in by the federal government to provide communities with options for identifying possible human remains buried near former re...
Feb 17, 2023
Next generation of Canadian curlers arrives, with some familiar names
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The curling kids are coming. The offspring of some of the biggest names in Canadian curling have landed on the national stage, starting with Kelly Middaugh making her Scotties Tournam...
Feb 17, 2023
Rouleau report addresses six questions raised during Emergencies Act hearings
OTTAWA - Throughout seven weeks of public hearings in Ottawa, the Public Order Emergency Commission heard from more than 100 witnesses and released thousands of pages of documents. This evidence raise...
Feb 17, 2023
Survey finds many Albertans not in favour of provincial police service
EDMONTON, AB - A new survey has found that many Albertans are opposed to the idea of replacing the RCMP with a new provincial police service.A poll was conducted by Calgary-based Janet Brown for Alber...
Feb 17, 2023
Trails Act implemented in Alberta, collaboration with two recreational organizations
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB - The province says it's supporting safe and accessible trails across Alberta by appointing two provincial community organizations to be designated trail managers.With the implement...
Feb 17, 2023
Judge orders psychiatric evaluation for driver in Quebec daycare bus crash
LAVAL, Que. - The man charged with killing two young children when the bus he was driving slammed into a daycare in Laval has been ordered by a judge to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Pierre Ny St-...
Feb 17, 2023
'The Walking Weapon' Josh Alexander embracing role as Impact Wrestling's ambassador
Canada's Josh Alexander has made history as Impact World Champion twice, first for having the shortest title reign in the belt's history, and now as the longest reign in its lineage. As the reigning c...
Feb 17, 2023
Watchdog report blasts RCMP failures investigating missing Saskatchewan woman
SASKATOON - Amanda Michayluk's final moments were spent walking alone in the cold and snow through a Saskatchewan field as her family anxiously waited for an RCMP search and rescue team that would nev...
Feb 17, 2023
Energy transition jobs plan aims to sustain and create jobs, not kill them: feds
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's long-promised plan to transition Canada's labour force to respond to climate change says a clean energy economy will not prompt massive unemployment in the country's ...
Feb 17, 2023