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Bill to update impact assessment law coming in spring: Wilkinson
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the government will have legislation ready by the spring to fix the constitutional problems the Supreme Court has with the federal Impact As...
Feb 01, 2024
Winnipeg Blue Bombers re-sign Nick, Noah Hallett to extensions
WINNIPEG - Canadian defensive backs Nick and Noah Hallett agreed to terms on contract extensions with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday. The brothers were eligible to become free agents Feb. 13. N...
Feb 01, 2024
Calgary set to host Special Olympics Games, Canadians can support by buying doughnut
Darby Taylor was on a road trip with his family from Calgary to Disneyland when he learned that he would be an ambassador for the upcoming Special Olympics Canada Winter Games in his hometown. The 29-...
Feb 01, 2024
Injured downhill star Kilde calls for better World Cup race-day schedules to protect athletes
GENEVA (AP) - Skiers must be consulted about better World Cup race-day schedules to help protect them from injuries, downhill star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde said Thursday. The former overall World Cup c...
Feb 01, 2024
Players facing sex assault charges casts shadow over NHL all-star weekend festivities
TORONTO - The NHL all-star weekend festivities are set to begin today in Toronto under a cloud. Calgary Flames forward Dillon Dub, Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart, the New Jersey Devils' Mi...
Feb 01, 2024
Lethbridge’s post-secondaries celebrating Black History Month
LETHBRIDGE, AB - February is Black History Month and post-secondaries in Lethbridge are marking the occasion with different celebrations.The month serves as a celebration of the achievements and contr...
Feb 01, 2024
UK judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit over dossier containing 'shocking and scandalous claims'
LONDON (AP) - A judge in London on Thursday threw out a lawsuit by former U.S. President Donald Trump accusing a former British spy of making "shocking and scandalous claims" that were false and harme...
Feb 01, 2024
European Union agrees on a new 50 billion-euro aid package for Ukraine despite Hungary's veto threat
BRUSSELS (AP) - A top European Union official says the 27 EU countries have sealed a deal on new aid for Ukraine just over an hour into a summit of the bloc's leaders and despite threats from Hungary ...
Feb 01, 2024
In the news today: CSIS boss to talk foreign interference, BC rain to ease by Friday
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Interference inquiry to hear from CSIS director A commission of inquiry into fo...
Feb 01, 2024
B.C. to apologize to Doukhobor religious group, forcibly taken from parents in 1950s
CASTLEGAR, B.C. - British Columbia's attorney general is set to formally apologize to members of the Doukhobor religious group who were forcibly taken from their parents more than 70 years ago. Niki S...
Feb 01, 2024