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Nova Scotia RCMP, Halifax police given green light to send emergency alerts directly
HALIFAX - The RCMP and Halifax police are now able to send emergency alerts directly to citizens, more than a year after a mass shooting raised issues about how police notify the public to threats. Th...
Jul 15, 2021
Justice minister calls for investigation of lawyers after Manitoba judge followed
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's justice minister has written to the provincial law society requesting it investigate the conduct of lawyers working with an organization that hired a private investigator to foll...
Jul 15, 2021
Supreme Court clears path for defamation suit against CBC for show on chicken content
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear a bid by the CBC to halt a defamation lawsuit from Subway over a report on the fast-food chain's chicken sandwiches. The decision clears the way for the...
Jul 15, 2021
Lethbridge bracing for another week of hotter temperatures
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is offering up more tips on how to stay cool.The forecast for the foreseeable future is calling for temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius in Lethbridge. The cit...
Jul 15, 2021
Israeli club calls off match with Barcelona over Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) - The owner of Israel's Beitar soccer club says he has called off a friendly match with Barcelona over its refusal to hold the event in contested Jerusalem. Israel captured east Jerusal...
Jul 15, 2021
Israeli club calls off match with Barcelona over Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) - The owner of Israel's Beitar soccer club says he has called off a friendly match with Barcelona over its refusal to hold the event in contested Jerusalem. Israel captured east Jerusal...
Jul 15, 2021
Bank of Canada will act to cool inflation if prices run too hot, Macklem says
OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada says the central bank will rein in inflation if temporary price pressures stubbornly stick around and appear more permanent. Tiff Macklem says the central b...
Jul 15, 2021
First Nation to release report on unmarked graves at Kamloops residential school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Tk'emlps te Secwpemc First Nation is set to release a report today outlining the findings of a search of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School property using ground-penetr...
Jul 15, 2021
'Old wounds': Renewed interest over residential schools difficult for survivors
CALGARY - Flags at the Elbow River camp at the Calgary Stampede are at half mast this year to mark recent discoveries of unmarked graves at former Canadian residential school sites. A moment of silenc...
Jul 15, 2021
Spreading wildlife disease threatens deer, elk — and maybe humans, new research says
EDMONTON - The continuing spread of a fatal wildlife disease in Alberta and Saskatchewan has a federal agency recommending a deer cull across a wide swath of the Prairies. And soon-to-be-published res...
Jul 15, 2021