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Alberta enacts state of emergency, Lloydminster following SHA mandate
While the majority of Albertans adjust to new COVID-19 related restrictions in the province, residents in Lloydminster can stand pat.The Government of Alberta enacted a state of public emergency Tuesd...
Nov 24, 2020
Despite reduction, Canada calls U.S. softwood lumber duties 'unfair,' 'unjustified'
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The federal government says American duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports continue to be "unfair" and "unjustified," even if they have been reduced. An administrative re...
Nov 24, 2020
Help from B.C. man allows American family to reunite in Alaska
A woman from Georgia says her family's reunion was saved by a man from British Columbia who drove her family to the Alaskan border after they got stranded and appealed for help.Lynn Marchessault began...
Nov 24, 2020
Alberta bans indoor social gatherings, expands holiday school break
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, his province bending precariously under the weight of record COVID-19 cases, imposed new sweeping public health restrictions Tuesday that include a ban on gath...
Nov 24, 2020
New restaurant proposed for North Battleford moving ahead
A new dining venue is coming to North Battleford.City council approved a discretionary land use application at its meeting this week for the new Black Pepper Restaurant, at the north end of 100 Street...
Nov 24, 2020
Battlefords RCMP execute significant drugs, weapons seizure
Following the execution of two unrelated search warrants on Nov. 21 in North Battleford, RCMP seized significant amounts of drugs and weapons and charged five individuals with multiple offences.The fi...
Nov 24, 2020
No further charges related to investigation in Bountiful, B.C.: special prosecutor
VICTORIA - A special prosecutor in British Columbia has declined to approve any further charges against people associated with the community of Bountiful where a fundamentalist Christian sect practise...
Nov 24, 2020
Sask. NDP calling for multi-sector COVID task force
Ryan Meili is calling on the Saskatchewan government to create a multi-sector task force to help deal with COVID-19.The Saskatchewan NDP leader sent a letter to Premier Scott Moe on Tuesday asking for...
Nov 24, 2020
New Canada Soccer president Bontis says men's and women's national teams a priority
A tenured professor at McMaster University, Nick Bontis's school bio says he's recognized internationally as a "leading strategy and management guru." Those skills -- combined with some guidance from ...
Nov 24, 2020
Top public servant says few redactions of cabinet confidences made to WE documents
OTTAWA, Ohio - The top federal public servant says only one per cent of the 5,000-plus pages of documents the government has released on the WE Charity affair were blacked out to protect cabinet confi...
Nov 24, 2020