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'We must do better:' Nunavut leaders optimistic about housing money from Ottawa
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Leaders in Nunavut say they're happy with territory-specific housing money in the federal budget even though the amount is well below what they say is needed to address a long-stand...
Apr 13, 2022
Video: Michigan officer knelt on Black man, fatally shot him
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Video shows a police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, kneeling on the back of a Black man before fatally shooting him. Police released video from different sources Wednesd...
Apr 13, 2022
Kershaw takes perfect game through 6 innings vs. Twins
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Clayton Kershaw took a perfect game through the sixth inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers in his season debut, dominating the Minnesota Twins with 12 strikeouts in 18 batters. Starti...
Apr 13, 2022
Lethbridge Transit to receive $1.2 million to make up for lost revenues during pandemic
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta government says it will match federal funding for municipal transportation across the province because a lot of revenue has been lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.Premier ...
Apr 13, 2022
Canada and allies on high alert for Russian disinformation, interference: minister
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says Canada is on high alert for Russian disinformation campaigns designed to confuse and deceive people. Mendicino says Canada is using all the tools a...
Apr 13, 2022
Successful amendment: Canadian Pacific will have to pay taxes in Saskatchewan
REGINA - The Constitution is to be amended as it relates to the Saskatchewan Act so as to remove a section that exempts Canadian Pacific Railway from paying taxes in the province. The proposed amendme...
Apr 13, 2022
Former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis found in contempt of court
EDMONTON - A former Alberta justice minister has been found in contempt of court for threatening to sue a plaintiff in the middle of her testimony in a civil trial.Justice Doreen Sulyma says a letter ...
Apr 13, 2022
Human Rights Commission joins call for public inquiry on sexual violence in prisons
OTTAWA - The Canadian Human Rights Commission says Canada needs an independent public inquiry to address serious issues of sexual violence and coercion in federal prisons for women. The commission is ...
Apr 13, 2022
Biden approves $800M in artillery, helicopters for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday approved $800 million in new military assistance to Ukraine, including artillery and helicopters, to bolster its defenses against an intensified Russ...
Apr 13, 2022
Couple sentenced for smuggling 84 kg of cocaine at Coutts border
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two people who attempted to bring millions of dollars worth of cocaine across the Coutts border have learned their fate.Gurminder Singh Toor and Kirandeep Kaur Toor were sentenced in ...
Apr 13, 2022