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Alberta releases first report on well cleanup; $33B liability estimate called too low
Alberta's oil and gas producers spent nearly $700 million in 2022 on cleaning up the hundreds of thousands of old wells that dot the province, the regulator's first report on the extent of those liabi...
Jan 17, 2024
Maine judge delays decision on removing Trump from ballot until Supreme Court rules in Colorado case
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Maine judge on Wednesday paused an election official's decision on former President Donald Trump's ballot status to allow time for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a similar ...
Jan 17, 2024
Source: Veteran receiver Rhymes, B.C. Lions mutually agree to part ways
VANCOUVER - It appears receiver Dominique Rhymes' time with the B.C. Lions has come to an end. According to a CFL source, the Lions and veteran receiver have mutually agreed to part ways. The source s...
Jan 17, 2024
Family hopes former Cree grand chief's long stay in Montreal ER hallway spurs change
MONTREAL - The family of a Cree elder who spent four days in a Montreal hospital hallway say they hope that sharing his experience might spur change for the treatment of patients in Quebec emergency r...
Jan 17, 2024
Canada should be on 'high alert' for 2024 after record wildfire season: scientist
Canada should be on "high alert" for 2024 wildfires, a scientist with the Canadian Forest Service said Friday, as he offered a sweeping view of last year's record-shattering season. Research scientist...
Jan 17, 2024
Study maps mammoth's 1,000-km trek, suggests species coexisted with humans in Alaska
A new study traces the 1,000-kilometre journey of a woolly mammoth from western Yukon to the interior of Alaska, where she died about 14,000 years ago, seemingly in the prime of her life, near a hunti...
Jan 17, 2024
Whitecaps transfer forward Simon Becher to Danish team AC Horsens
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have transferred forward Simon Becher to Danish side AC Horsens, the Major League Soccer club announced Wednesday. The Whitecaps will retain a percentage of future ...
Jan 17, 2024
Ex-NHL player Ennis announces retirement; winger played with Leafs, Sens and Oilers
MANNHEIM, Germany - Tyler Ennis has called time on his hockey career. The former NHL winger made the announcement Wednesday via his German club after suffering a neck injury in November. The 34-year-o...
Jan 17, 2024
Judge threatens to boot Donald Trump from courtroom over loud talking as E. Jean Carroll testifies
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from his Manhattan civil trial Wednesday after he repeatedly ignored a warning to keep quiet while writer E. Jean Carroll testified that he s...
Jan 17, 2024
'Stay home and stay off the roads:' snow making travel treacherous across Nanaimo & mid-Island
NANAIMO - It's a winter wonderland across much of the mid-Island as Mother Nature delivered the first true snowfall of the season.Between 10 and 30 centimetres fell for much of the region, with more a...
Jan 17, 2024