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Panel recommends new names for Fort Bragg, other Army bases
WASHINGTON (AP) - An independent commission on Tuesday recommended new names for nine Army posts that were named after Confederate officers. Among their recommendations: Fort Bragg in North Carolina w...
May 24, 2022
Mapping program Mounties struggled to open could have helped contain N.S. mass killer
HALIFAX - A report looking into a mapping program the RCMP had access to - but couldn't open - during the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia concludes it could have helped contain the killer's rampage....
May 24, 2022
Health Canada watching 'potential' impact of sunflower oil shortage on baby formula
Health Canada says it is preparing for the possibility that a shortage of sunflower oil could further strain baby formula supplies in Canada. The federal agency says it's "working closely with manufac...
May 24, 2022
Parti Québécois, Quebec Liberals to vote against language bill for opposite reasons
MONTREAL - The Quebec Liberal Party and the Parti Qubcois say they plan to vote against the government's new language-reform bill for opposite reasons. Liberals say the bill goes too far and violates ...
May 24, 2022
Canada can do more for military members struggling to find housing: defence minister
OTTAWA - Canada's defence minister says the federal government has more to do to support military members who are struggling to find housing. Anita Anand says the government has taken several steps to...
May 24, 2022
Canada shipping 20,000 rounds of artillery ammunition to Ukraine
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand says Canada is shipping 20,000 rounds of artillery ammunition to Ukraine. Anand says the ammunition is "exactly" what Ukraine's government asked for from its alli...
May 24, 2022
Avian flu outbreak confirmed in Southern Alberta
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed two more outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), one in southeastern Alberta and the other in southern ...
May 24, 2022
Rent rises over 11% in one year in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Renters in Lethbridge are having to adjust their budgets.In the National Rent Report from Rentals.ca and Bullpen Research and Consulting for April 2022, home rental prices in the city...
May 24, 2022
Infant formula crisis another symptom of North American 'managed trade,' experts say
WASHINGTON - The White House says it is treating the shortage of infant formula as a top priority - a crisis experts say is one more symptom of North America's new era of "managed trade." And there is...
May 24, 2022
Expectations high for Jean Charest in French-language Conservative leadership debate
OTTAWA - A former Conservative leadership candidate says expectations will be high for ex-Quebec premier Jean Charest when he takes the stage in his home province for the party's French-language debat...
May 24, 2022