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City to postpone backup generator project for airport runway lights
North Battleford city council decided to delay its plans for a backup generator project for runway lights at the Cameron McIntosh Airport for the current time due to high costs for the project.Directo...
Dec 15, 2023
Kingsbury wins third straight World Cup moguls gold, Vaillancourt claims silver
ALPE D'HUEZ, France - Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury's domination of the World Cup moguls circuit continued Friday with a gold medal at Alps d'Huez. Kingsbury, who won double gold last week...
Dec 15, 2023
Members of P.A. youth choir chosen to perform at New York’s Carnegie Hall
Some talented youngsters will make their way to the Big Apple soon after being invited to a massive choral performance.About nine singers auditioned and were selected to attend to take part in a perfo...
Dec 15, 2023
In the news today: Canada to send helicopters to Latvia as part of NATO mission
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Canada sending helicopters to Latvia Four Canadian Griffon helicopters will be ...
Dec 15, 2023
Freeland hosts annual meeting with provincial, territorial counterparts today
TORONTO - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is hosting her annual meeting of federal, provincial and territorial finance ministers in Toronto today. The meeting will focus on economic growth, housing...
Dec 15, 2023
Gay Ugandan in Edmonton faces deportation, fears jail or death over anti-LGBTQ law
EDMONTON - A man in Edmonton is making a last-ditch legal bid to avoid a Monday deportation flight back to Uganda, where he fears he may be imprisoned, harmed or even killed for being gay. The man, wh...
Dec 15, 2023
'Weighing our options': Ottawa open to further pause to expand assisted dying rules
OTTAWA - The federal government is considering whether to pause its original plan tobroaden the rules that govern medically assisted dying so they include patients whose only underlying condition is a...
Dec 15, 2023
Canada to pilot options for national emergency response agency in 2024: Sajjan
OTTAWA - A new national emergency response agency may consist of regional response teams that Ottawa can call into action when disaster strikes, Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan said in a...
Dec 15, 2023
Glen Assoun's daughter says probe of his wrongful conviction must become a priority
HALIFAX - The daughter of a wrongfully convicted Nova Scotia man says that even in death her father is being denied justice - and she is demanding a stalled criminal investigation of his case become "...
Dec 15, 2023
Canada will send helicopters to Latvia next year, defence minister says
OTTAWA - Four Canadian Griffon helicopters will be sent to Latvia next year as part of a NATO deterrence mission. Defence Minister Bill Blair made the announcement this morning with defence chief Gen....
Dec 15, 2023