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Provincial Justice Minister listens to rural crime concerns
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Provincial Justice Minister and Solicitor General Doug Schweitzer made stops in Lethbridge, Coaldale and Fort Macleod Tuesday (Sept. 17), as part of his month-long provincial tour to ...
Sep 18, 2019 Provincial Justice Minister and Solicitor General Doug Schweitzer
Vaping-related illness confirmed in London, Ont., believed to be first in Canada
A youth from London, Ont., has been diagnosed with a severe respiratory illness related to vaping, local health officials said Wednesday. The Middlesex-London Health Unit had no further deta...
Sep 18, 2019
Premier Kenney touring U.S., pushing Alberta as "reliable" and "stable" place to invest
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Jason Kenney is in the United States this week, trying to make the case that wealthy investors and large corporations should be looking to the prairie province.He began his trip in Ne...
Sep 18, 2019 Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. (Supplied by Canadian Press)
Send pipeline fights right to Supreme Court: Scheer
HAMILTON - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he would overcome legal objections to building new petroleum pipelines by fast tracking any cases right to the Supreme Court. Scheer has long been cri...
Sep 18, 2019
Brian Mulroney officially opens university institute in N.S. that bears his name
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney officially opened an institute of government named after him at St. Francis Xavier University in central Nova Scotia on Wednesday. Can...
Sep 18, 2019
Iowa City student killed in B.C. bus crash remembered as kind soccer talent
VICTORIA - One of two 18-year-old students who died when a tour bus crashed on Vancouver Island is being remembered by his former principal as a friend to everyone at the Iowa high school wh...
Sep 18, 2019
Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching on the campaign trail
OTTAWA - A running list of specific promises announced by the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Green party since the official start of the campaign on Sept. 11. Liberals Sept. 18: Increase o...
Sep 18, 2019
GM walkout brings factories and warehouses to a standstill
DETROIT - More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers went on strike Monday against General Motors, bringing more than 50 factories and parts warehouses to a standstill in the union's first wa...
Sep 18, 2019
Unions lead third-party pack with big spending since start of pre-election period
OTTAWA - Two unions are spending big on political messaging already, topping the list of third-party advertiser expenses for the campaign season so far. Unifor has shelled out over $1.2 million s...
Sep 18, 2019
Elizabeth May seeks to blow past political pack with platform roll out
OTTAWA - Green Leader Elizabeth May pushed past the political pack Monday by introducing a wide-ranging set of new policy promises while her rivals were recycling or expanding on old ideas. Cons...
Sep 18, 2019