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Liberal government launched Phoenix with 'no oversight' in place; Qualtrough
OTTAWA - The estimated cost of stabilizing Phoenix, the federal government’s snafu-stricken civil service pay system, has already exceeded $600 million and will likely continue to climb, the min...
Nov 28, 2017
Poundmaker Indigenous Performance Festival taking place online this year
People will have an opportunity to take in a multimedia arts festival this week without leaving the comfort of their homes. The 2020 Poundmaker Indigenous Performance Festival takes place online, runn...
Aug 06, 2020
Republicans ask to stay order blocking lame-duck laws
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Republicans asked an appeals court Friday to immediately halt a judge's order that blocked GOP-backed laws limiting the powers of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney Gene...
Mar 22, 2019
Lake Huron site best suited for nuclear-waste bunker, OPG report affirms
TORONTO - A new report from Ontario Power Generation overwhelmingly affirms the utility’s long-held position that the best place for a nuclear-waste bunker is on the Lake Huron shoreline. One of...
May 30, 2017
Priciest territorial contaminated sites include abandoned mine, former town site
YELLOWKNIFE - Three of Canada's five most expensive federal contaminated sites are abandoned mines in the North. Former resource extraction projects are also among the most costly sites where the terr...
Jan 22, 2023
920 vaccines administered in North Central Friday, 264 new cases, 4 deaths, 145 recoveries
The North Central zone of the province received 920 of the 2,412 COVID-19 vaccines administered on Friday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority announced in their Saturday report.The province has now giv...
Feb 06, 2021
'Pay-what-you-feel' grocery store opens in Vancouver, aims to combat food insecurity
VANCOUVER - More than 35.5 million tonnes of food is thrown out each year in Canada, but one group in Vancouver is hoping to divert some of that to help people who are food insecure. The Food Stash Fo...
Oct 01, 2021
WestJet cancels more than 150 flights following surprise mechanics union strike
A surprise strike by unionized airline mechanics at WestJet has left thousands of the airline's passengers wondering whether they will get to their destinations today after the airline cancelled more ...
Jun 30, 2024
Some of the reaction to the Liberal government's 2018 budget tabled Tuesday
OTTAWA - Some of what was said Tuesday in response to the federal budget tabled by Finance Minister Bill Morneau: ___ “Never has a prime minister spent so much to achieve so little. Despite last...
Feb 27, 2018
The Soviet's Tsar Bomba: The King Of Bombs
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Tsar Bomba The Soviet RDS-220 hydrogen bomb-codenamed Ivan-is known in the west as Tsar Bomba: the King of Bombs. It is the most powerful explosive ever cr...
Aug 16, 2018