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Economy and identity: Quebec premier delivers inaugural speech of 43rd legislature
Quebec Premier Franois Legault says his focus for the next four years will be to reverse the decline of French in Montreal and to expand Quebec's economy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Legau...
Nov 30, 2022
Natural gas pipeline expansion in Southern Alberta approved
LUNDBRECK, AB - Construction on three new sections of pipeline in the region is set to get underway next year.The Government of Canada has approved the NOVA Gas Transmission Limited (NGTL) West Path D...
Nov 30, 2022
Senate motion to strip 'Honourable' title could affect at least two former senators
OTTAWA - At least two former senators could be stripped of the title of "Honourable" following a motion the upper chamber passed Tuesday. Former senator Don Meredith, who is facing criminal charges fo...
Nov 30, 2022
Coroner refuses Montreal family's request for new investigation into woman's ER death
MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner's office has rejected a request by a Montreal family for a new investigation into the death of an 86-year-old Filipino woman found lifeless on the floor of an emergency r...
Nov 30, 2022
Gun group says firearms ban driven by ideology as government stresses public safety
OTTAWA - A firearm advocacy group says the Liberal government's effort to ban a wide variety of rifles is being driven by ideology, not public safety. But the government says it's all about prohibitin...
Nov 30, 2022
Winnipeg Sea Bears the latest team in growing Canadian Elite Basketball League
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Sea Bears are the newest franchise in the Canadian Elite Basketball League. The team, owned by Winnipeg businessman and lawyer David Asper, will tip off the 2023 season at the ...
Nov 30, 2022
Conditions improving after snow and windstorm hammers southern B.C.
VANCOUVER - A fierce storm blanketed Vancouver Island and much of British Columbia's south coast with 10 to 25 centimetres of snow, causing traffic gridlock, power outages and airport delays. Environm...
Nov 30, 2022
Penguins D Letang out indefinitely after 2nd stroke
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang is out indefinitely after suffering a stroke. General manager Ron Hextall announced Tuesday that the 35-year-old Letang had the stroke Mond...
Nov 30, 2022
Trudeau says nothing is off the table when it comes to Smith's new sovereignty act
OTTAWA, ON - Nothing is off the table when it comes to responding to newly proposed legislation that would give Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government "exceptional powers," Prime Minister Justin ...
Nov 30, 2022
Largest recorded Alberta earthquake probably natural, scientist says
EDMONTON - A geologist says the largest earthquake ever recorded in Alberta was probably due to natural causes. Rebecca Salvage of the University of Calgary says the 5.6-magnitude quake that rattled w...
Nov 30, 2022