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Brad Schlossberger named mayor-elect in Claresholm, recount needed for council race
CLARESHOLM, AB - A southern Alberta community has selected its two new municipal leaders.The Town of Claresholm by-election was held on Monday, September 18, 2023. As of this publication, all of the r...
Sep 19, 2023
Statistics Canada to release inflation figures for August this morning
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will release its latest reading on inflation this morning. The agency will publish its consumer price index for August. Economists are forecasting inflation reaccelerated to...
Sep 19, 2023
Court expected to hear city's perspective of 'Freedom Convoy' organizers' trial
OTTAWA - The criminal trial of two "Freedom Convoy" organizers is expected to hear the city's perspective on the controversial protest as Ottawa's emergency manager takes the stand. Kim Ayotte oversaw...
Sep 19, 2023
Liberal foreign aid looks to bolster feminism, cut red tape for charities: Hussen
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says he's focused on speeding up aid funding while cementing the Trudeau government's feminist approach to development abroad. In his first int...
Sep 19, 2023
Long-secret Canadian intelligence sealed Avro Arrow's cancellation, new paper says
OTTAWA - The Diefenbaker government's 1959 decision to scrap the fabled Avro Arrow was significantly influenced by Canadian intelligence that pointed to a diminishing need for the costly aircraft in t...
Sep 19, 2023
Saskatchewan judge to hear injunction application over school pronoun policy
REGINA - A Saskatchewan judge is to hear an injunction application that seeks to halt the province's policy affecting children who use different pronouns at school. Lawyers for UR Pride, an organizati...
Sep 19, 2023
Fung, Bouchard, Zhao bounced in Guadalajara Open singles matches
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount, Que., Stacey Fung of Vancouver and Carol Zhao of Richmond Hill, Ont., all met their match in Mexico on Tuesday, losing second-day singles showdowns...
Sep 18, 2023
Girl found dead in B.C. park had 'blunt force' injuries: sexual assault expert
VANCOUVER - A sexual assault expert testifying at the British Columbia Supreme Court trial of a man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl six years ago says she believes the girl's injuries were "high...
Sep 18, 2023
Timeline of events surrounding killing of B.C. temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in Parliament Monday that there is "credible" intelligence linking agents of the Indian government to the shooting death of a Sikh temple leader in Surrey, B.C....
Sep 18, 2023
Eby 'deeply disturbed' by CSIS briefing on Nijjar killing in Surrey, B.C.
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he's received a briefing from Canada's spy agency about the "assassination" of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar and he's "deeply disturbed" by what h...
Sep 18, 2023