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Liberals' two-billion-trees promise to cost $2.78 billion more than planned, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says a pledge by the Trudeau Liberals to plant two billion trees could cost almost double what the government says. The tree-planting spree, spread over a deca...
Jan 28, 2021
Most minorities disproportionately dropped from civil service hiring process: audit
OTTAWA - A new report says Black Canadians and people from most other minority groups tend to disproportionately lose out on federal civil service jobs they apply for compared with other Canadians. Th...
Jan 28, 2021
Nearly a quarter of a million dollars in drugs, cash and vehicles seized in ALERT bust
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Five people face a total of 19 charges after a major drug and weapons bust in Lethbridge.ALERT Lethbridge's organized crime team says 10 firearms and nearly a quarter of a million dol...
Jan 28, 2021
34-year-old man taken into custody after hours-long standoff with Lethbridge Police
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 34-year-old man was taken into custody following a standoff with Lethbridge Police Wednesday.LPS officers were called to a home in the 500-block of Blackfoot Manor West at around 2 ...
Jan 28, 2021
Liberal government to voice support for Joe Biden cancelling U.S. 'global gag rule'
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - The federal government is expected to voice its support later today when President Joe Biden rescinds the United States' so-called global gag rule. The policy prohibits internat...
Jan 28, 2021
Canadian moguls king Mikael Kingsbury prepares to compete again after injury
CALGARY - A place that gives Mikael Kingsbury confidence is doing it again, but for different reasons. The reigning men's Olympic and world moguls champion from Deux-Montagnes, Que., is fine-turning h...
Jan 28, 2021
New home sales rise in December after sharp November drop
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Sales of new homes rose 1.6% in December after a big decline in November that was even worse than previously thought. The increase last month pushed sales of new homes to a season...
Jan 28, 2021
At Sundance, pandemic dramas unfold on screen and off
NEW YORK - Peter Nicks had for months been documenting the students of Oakland High School, in California, when the pandemic hit. "It's in the Bay," says one student of the virus as he and others mill...
Jan 28, 2021
Military justice system at crossroads as court hears case on judges' independence
OTTAWA - Canada's military justice system will be on trial again Friday, when an appeal court weighs whether the handful of judges responsible for overseeing courts martial are truly independent. The ...
Jan 28, 2021
Chinese singer says mother's bribery charge dismissed
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A Chinese-Canadian singer says a Chinese corruption charge against her mother, who has been held in custody for six years, has been withdrawn but she remains in detention. Wanting Qu,...
Jan 28, 2021