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Librarians saving Alberta's scientific reports, policy documents before change in government
EDMONTON - An Alberta librarian has been archiving much of the provincial government's online content - including studies on health, climate change policy and poverty reduction - to prepare for a...
Apr 20, 2019
One American, 2 Austrian climbers presumed dead after avalanche in Banff
BANFF, Alta. - Three renowned mountain climbers are presumed dead after a large avalanche in Alberta's Banff National Park. Outdoor apparel company The North Face confirmed Thursday that American...
Apr 20, 2019
Soldiers deploying to flood-prone areas as water levels rise in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - About 120 Canadian soldiers will soon be deployed in western New Brunswick to help residents threatened by rising floodwaters. The soldiers from Canadian Forces Base Gaget...
Apr 20, 2019
New U.S. trade report predicts modest economic gains from new NAFTA
OTTAWA - With Washington riveted to the Mueller report, a comprehensive economic assessment of the new North American free trade deal quietly emerged Thursday, predicting less-than-stellar e...
Apr 20, 2019
The Battlefords readies for rodeo
A near half-century tradition that ropes in cowboys from across Western Canada is preparing to saddle up in the Battlefords at month's end.The 49th Annual Kinsmen Indoor Rodeo will convert the Civic C...
Apr 20, 2019 A near half-century tradition of rodeo will return to the Battlefords at the end of April. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Uber driver charged in two sexual assault investigations: Toronto police
Toronto police say an Uber driver is facing sexual assault charges in relation to two investigations. Police say 36-year-old Taneem Aziz of Mississauga faces one count each of forcible confi...
Apr 20, 2019
Actress Anjelica Huston supports banning fur sales in NYC
NEW YORK - Actress Anjelica Huston is supporting efforts to outlaw fur sales in the fashion mecca of New York. Huston says in an opinion piece in the Daily News that she used to think fur was a symbol...
Apr 20, 2019
Top 1% paid slightly more in taxes after Liberal changes, figures show
OTTAWA - The country's top one per cent of earners paid a slightly bigger share of federal income taxes after a policy shift from the Trudeau Liberals designed to make th...
Apr 20, 2019
Michael Wernick, clerk of the Privy Council, bids farewell to public service
OTTAWA - Michael Wernick, the clerk of the Privy Council, has bid farewell to the more than 200,000 workers in the federal public service. Wernick announced in mid-March that he would leave ...
Apr 20, 2019
Flood waters take woman's life in western Quebec after river sweeps away road
MONTREAL - A woman in her 70s has died after driving her car into a massive sinkhole caused by flooding in western Quebec, police say. The accident left her sedan upside down in a swollen stream ...
Apr 20, 2019