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Hong Kong reports virus death as workers strike at hospitals
BEIJING - Hong Kong hospitals cut services as thousands of medical workers went on strike for a second day Tuesday to demand the border with mainland China be shut completely, as a new virus caused it...
Feb 04, 2020
Baloney Meter: Is Michigan a threat to economic investment in Ontario?
OTTAWA - “We’re completely uncompetitive. The incremental dollar from any investor globally will not come to Ontario for a new plant. It’ll go to Michigan, where they’ll have 3...
Jan 26, 2017
House of Commons faces marathon voting session over government's jobs bill
OTTAWA - MPs are staring down another voting marathon as the Conservatives push forward with dozens of proposed amendments to the government's sustainable jobs bill. Bill C-50 is a bureaucratic to-do ...
Apr 11, 2024
Officials: 3 dead in Alabama, bringing storm death toll to 7
BENTON, La. - The National Weather Service reports three storm-related deaths in Alabama, bringing the number of people killed following severe storms to at least seven. The National Weather Service i...
Jan 11, 2020
Flooding forces 700 people out of homes in Fort Simpson, N.W.T.
FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. - About 700 residents have been forced from their homes in Fort Simpson, N.W.T., after the island community started to flood over the weekend due to the break up of ice on the Mac...
May 11, 2021
Budget watchdog says carbon-price revenues to be $2.6B this year
OTTAWA - Canada's budget watchdog says revenues from the federal carbon price will be more than $2.6 billion this year and exceed $6 billion a year within five years. The new analysis by the parliamen...
Apr 25, 2019
PBO's latest estimate says warships will cost $77B as estimated price jumps $17B
OTTAWA - Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux is predicting that a new fleet of warships to be built for the Royal Canadian Navy will cost $17 billion more than the federal government's estimate. ...
Feb 24, 2021
Those Were The Days back for 47th year of fun
It's a stroll down memory lane this weekend at the Western Development Museum in North Battleford. The 47th annual Those Were The Days festival runs on Saturday Aug. 6 and Sunday Aug. 7 at the museum ...
Aug 04, 2016
Those Were The Days back for 47th year of fun
It's a stroll down memory lane this weekend at the Western Development Museum in North Battleford. The 47th annual Those Were The Days festival runs on Saturday Aug. 6 and Sunday Aug. 7 at the museum ...
Aug 04, 2016
Oilpatch wants 'flexibility' on coming methane cuts; says jobs at risk otherwise
EDMONTON - Thousands of jobs in the oil patch are at risk if governments try to impose the wrong approach to cutting back a highly potent greenhouse gas, says an industry lobby group. “Let’...
Oct 30, 2017