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Lawyer critical of suggestion head of Alberta oil inquiry is biased
CALGARY - A lawyer is decrying what he calls a "drive-by" accusation that the commissioner leading an inquiry into alleged foreign-funded anti-Alberta energy campaigns is biased. David Wachowich has m...
Feb 12, 2021

Dispatches from game-day ghost towns: Businesses struggle in unusual NHL season
Masks, nasal swabs and empty seats have all become the norm in NHL rinks. Hockey may be back on the ice, but the conditions are far from ordinary - not only inside the arenas, but around them, too. Th...
Feb 12, 2021

Canadian midfielder Desiree Scott raring to go after lengthy soccer hiatus
Desiree Scott has been waiting a long time for her next game. The 33-year-old midfielder from Winnipeg didn't play in the NWSL's Challenge Cup last summer due to family commitments and opted out of th...
Feb 12, 2021

Trudeau government poised to introduce new gun-control legislation
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is poised to introduce legislation as early as next week aimed at strengthening gun control. The long-promised bill would flesh out last spring's ban of many firearms, ...
Feb 12, 2021

Federal NDP propose doubling gas-tax funding to cities to aid economic recovery
OTTAWA - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he thinks the federal gas-tax fund that provides cities with cash for infrastructure projects should be doubled to stimulate local economic recoveries. S...
Feb 12, 2021

Stricter border controls for travellers to begin Feb. 22
OTTAWA, ON - Tighter border controls will come into effect Feb. 22, the prime minister said Friday, not to punish travellers but to try to keep everyone safe.Forcing new arrivals into a mandatory thre...
Feb 12, 2021

Draghi says he has enough support to form Italy's new govt
ROME - Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi on Friday told Italy's president that he has secured enough political support to form a new government The formation of a broad-based government ...
Feb 12, 2021

Icemaker Greg Ewasko going the distance in Calgary's curling bubble
CALGARY - Greg Ewasko will be an expert on curling bubble life by the time he's done tending Calgary's ice. The icemaker from Oakbank, Man., will spend 52 days making ice for four Curling Canada event...
Feb 12, 2021

One new COVID case at Wilson Middle School, two infections in total
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge School Division has confirmed another case of COVID-19 at Wilson Middle School.The division noted there are now two cases at the facility. It could not be said if the a...
Feb 12, 2021

Former Obama adviser Podesta on Biden's Keystone XL decision: 'He's not going back'
WASHINGTON - A prominent former adviser to Barack Obama says it's time for Canada to get over the demise of the Keystone XL pipeline expansion. John Podesta, who once also was Bill Clinton's White Hou...
Feb 12, 2021