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Coal company asks court to quash order for federal environmental review of expansion
A coal company is asking Federal Court today to toss out a decision by Canada's environment minister that a proposed Alberta mine expansion should get a full federal environmental review. Coalspur Min...
May 19, 2021
More than 200 new child care spaces coming to Parksville and Lantzville
NANAIMO - Parents struggling to find child care spaces in Parksville and Lantzville should be able to breathe easier. The province announced funding for 207 new child care spaces in the two areas, wit...
May 19, 2021
Restrictions lifting as COVID infections slow; Ontario resumes non-urgent procedures
TORONTO - A slowdown in new COVID-19 infections across much of the country along with rising vaccination numbers has political and health authorities easing restrictions put in place to curb the pande...
May 19, 2021
Posthumous John le Carré novel to be published in October
LONDON (AP) - A final novel by John le Carr will be published this fall, 10 months after the spy writer's death at the age of 89. Publisher Viking said Wednesday that "Silverview," le Carr's 26th nove...
May 19, 2021
Fashion mogul Peter Nygard applies to Supreme Court to appeal bail decision
WINNIPEG - A Canadian fashion mogul facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States is looking to the Supreme Court of Canada to get out of jail. Peter Nygard has applied to the c...
May 19, 2021
Alberta premier not ready to give green light for Oilers fans to enter arena
EDMONTON - Alberta's premier is not ready to follow Quebec's lead in allowing hockey fans to attend NHL playoff games. Jason Kenney says Alberta currently has much higher COVID-19 numbers than Quebec....
May 19, 2021
Quebec orderly says colleague admitted to deleting video on phone of Joyce Echaquan
MONTREAL - A hospital orderly told a coroner's inquest today one of her colleagues had admitted to being filmed by Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous patient who died at the facility on Sept. 28, 2020. The...
May 19, 2021
Texas governor signs law banning abortions early as 6 weeks
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday signed a law that bans abortions in Texas before many women even know they are pregnant and differs singularly from similar efforts nationw...
May 19, 2021
Illinois officer, suspect dead after exchange of gunfire
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois police officer died Wednesday after being shot by a suspect in a domestic disturbance who also was killed in an exchange of gunfire that left a second officer...
May 19, 2021
Evacuation order expanded to homes in rural municipality near Saskatchewan wildfire
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Another evacuation order has been issued as a large wildfire continues to grow near Saskatchewan's third-largest city. The provincial emergency communications centre issued an a...
May 19, 2021