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Alberta’s two main political rivals have baggage to shed ahead of May 29 election
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta’s two main provincial political party leaders are set to duel for the province’s highest office starting Monday in a campaign that for both could be a case of win or go home. A win by United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith and her party gets a second term, defeating Rachel Notley and her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Threatened Quebec caribou herd expecting up to 12 calves this year
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2023
MONTRÉAL, France – A caribou herd in Charlevoix, Que., could be heading toward a baby boom this year, providing a rare bit of good news for the province’s decimated population. Caroline Hins, a biologist with the province’s Wildlife Department, confirmed all 12 of the herd’s breeding-age females are believed to be pregnant, after tests that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Families minister says Tory premiers touting child care should ask Poilievre for plan
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2023
OTTAWA – Provincial conservative premiers touting $10-a-day child-care deals with Ottawa is a welcome move, even if some of the leaders now campaigning on the deals were among the last to sign them, federal Liberal Families Minister Karina Gould said. Now she says they need to push federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to explain if ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TikTokers making six-figure incomes via app worried about potential ban
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Ssonia Ong had no idea that a 25-second video she posted miming to music the story of her college love, her wedding, then her four children would go viral on TikTok. Three years later, with 9.2 million followers, Ong isn’t sure what she would do without it. She is one of several Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Phenomenal’ logjam in the Canadian Arctic stores millions of tonnes of carbon: study
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Researchers say they have mapped the world’s largest known cumulative logjam in the Canadian Arctic and it holds millions of tonnes of carbon, representing an important but understudied part of the carbon cycle. A study published in Geophysical Research Letters earlier this month describes how the scientists mapped almost 415,000 individual deposits of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No winning ticket sold for Friday’s $13 million Lotto Max jackpot
By The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2023
There was no winning ticket sold in Friday’s Lotto Max $13 million draw. The jackpot for the next draw on May 2 will be an estimated $18 million... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former secretary of state Clinton to join Liberal convention in Ottawa next week
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2023
OTTAWA – Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, the first woman to run as a major party candidate for United States president, will headline the Liberal Party of Canada’s national convention on May 5. Clinton will join Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland for a fireside-style chat onstage on the second day of the three-day event ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Baby found dead in Victoria parking lot died of natural causes: police
By The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2023
VICTORIA – Police in Victoria say an autopsy of a baby found dead in a parking lot Wednesday has concluded the newborn died of natural causes. A statement from the police department says they have located the mother of the baby and she is receiving medical care and support. Police say circumstances are still under ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mother of innocent man murdered in B.C. gang war devastated by high court’s ruling
By Darryl Greer and Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2023
Eileen Mohan was preparing for this day, knowing the Supreme Court of Canada would rule on a case involving one of the men found guilty of killing her son more than 15 years ago. Christopher Mohan was killed along with five others in Surrey, B.C., in October 2007. He was one of two innocent bystanders ... Read More »
1 responseOld Montreal fire: Inspectors cited building owner multiple times before deadly blaze
By The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2023
MONTREAL – Inspectors reported multiple fire code violations during visits to an Old Montreal heritage building in the years leading up to a fire last March that killed seven people. Documents released by the City of Montreal under access to information laws show that inspectors cited the building’s owner for violations on multiple occasions between ... Read More »
1 responseCanada, U.S. to share more data in fight against cross-border gun smuggling, opioids
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada and the United States have agreed to share more information about the smuggling of guns across their shared border. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says Ottawa has signed four new or updated agreements with Washington that allow the RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency to exchange more data with partners south of ... Read More »
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