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Ag for Life sponsors a young women in agriculture Careers Day
CALGARY -- Agriculture for Life (Ag for Life), has an incredible opportunity for young women who may want to learn more about agriculture and food production.For those unfamiliar with Ag for Life, it'...
Jan 28, 2020 Sugar beet filed - LNN
Montreal city councillor withdraws motion defining anti-Semitism amid criticism
MONTREAL - A Montreal city councillor has withdrawn a motion to have the city adopt an international organization's definition of anti-Semitism. Lionel Perez withdrew the motion endorsi...
Jan 28, 2020
City council in Prince Albert, Sask., votes to give plastic bags the boot
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A city in northern Saskatchewan is believed to be the first in the province to have banned plastic checkout bagsPrince Albert city council passed a bylaw unanimously at a meetin...
Jan 28, 2020
B.C. man presumed to have coronavirus doing well: health official
VANCOUVER - Health officials in British Columbia say a man in his 40s is presumed to have coronavirus and is doing well as he recovers at home. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health office...
Jan 28, 2020
Alberta's climate plan part of cabinet decision on new oilsands mine: Wilkinson
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says cabinet's decision on a massive new oilsands mine in Alberta will take into consideration what the province is doing to help Canada meet...
Jan 28, 2020
Montreal guard Dort puts opponents on notice with clampdown defence
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Luguentz Dort was given a thankless assignment in his first NBA start - find a way to slow down James Harden. Taking on the NBA's leading scorer is a daunting task for any ...
Jan 28, 2020
Canadians celebrate Lunar New Year despite concerns over coronavirus
VANCOUVER - Lunar New Year celebrations lit up Vancouver's Chinatown with firecrackers and colourful lion dancers on Sunday, though at least one other event in the Lower Mainland was cancell...
Jan 28, 2020
Dog and goat vie for honorary mayor of Vermont town
FAIR HAVEN, Vt. - It's Lincoln the goat versus Sammy the dog in the race for honorary mayor of one Vermont town. The Nubian goat had won the post in Fair Haven, Vermont, last year after the town manag...
Jan 28, 2020
Budget deficit to break $1 trillion despite strong economy
WASHINGTON - An annual congressional report says the U.S. budget deficit is likely to burst through the symbolic $1 trillion barrier this year despite a healthy economy. The Congressional Budget Offic...
Jan 28, 2020
Hamas rejects 'çonspiracies' as Trump unveils Mideast plan
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - A senior Hamas official said Tuesday that the Islamic militant group rejects the "conspiracies" announced by the U.S. and Israel and that "all options are open" in respon...
Jan 28, 2020