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Business booming in Alberta, province says
The Government of Alberta says the province is attracting more and more new business, with an average of 1,945 more active business from January-July when compared to the same period last year. This m...
Oct 29, 2024
2024 wildfire season recap
As October comes to an end, so does the wildfire season in Alberta.Alberta Wildfire says 2024 was busier than the average season, but not as severe as the record-breaking season in 2023. 1,217 wildfir...
Oct 29, 2024
Supreme Court rejects push to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from ballot in two swing states
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency appeal to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the presidential ballot in two battleground states. Kennedy wanted to get off the ballo...
Oct 29, 2024
China launches new crew to its space station as it seeks to expand exploration
JIUQUAN, China (AP) - China launched a new three-person crew to its orbiting space station early Wednesday as the country seeks to expand its exploration of outer space. The team of two men and one wo...
Oct 29, 2024
China launches new crew to its space station as it seeks to expand exploration
JIUQUAN, China (AP) - China launched a new three-person crew to its orbiting space station early Wednesday as the country seeks to expand its exploration of outer space. The team of two men and one wo...
Oct 29, 2024
Highlights of recent changes to Quebec's international student body
MONTREAL - Quebec wants to cut the number of international students in the province, and has singled out private colleges that it says are using education as a "business model to sell Quebec and Canad...
Oct 29, 2024
Man serving 30 years for attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband gets a life term on state charges
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The man who was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for attacking the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer in their California home was given a life term...
Oct 29, 2024
Plant-based milks facility did not follow listeria prevention protocol: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says an Ontario facility producing plant-based milks was not adhering to Health Canada's policies on listeria prevention prior to an outbreak that led to three deat...
Oct 29, 2024
Two years since Rabih Alkhalil broke out of B.C. prison, reward temporarily boosted
Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers says it has teamed up with a national program to offer up to a $100,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Rabih Alkhalil, who broke out of a Port Coquitla...
Oct 29, 2024
Harris to promise to 'put country above party and above self' in closing argument against Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - Kamala Harris will promise Tuesday to "put country above party and above self" in the closing argument of her presidential campaign, to be delivered from the same site where Donald T...
Oct 29, 2024