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Mountie pleads guilty to assault on student in Kelowna, B.C., during wellness check
KELOWNA, B.C. - An RCMP officer from Kelowna, B.C., has pleaded guilty to assaulting a nursing student during a wellness check in January 2020. Const. Lacy Browning pleaded guilty to one count of assa...
Nov 8, 2022
New Alberta energy minister to keep coal moratorium, consider well clean-up breaks
EDMONTON - Alberta's new energy minister says that for now, he will maintain an order protecting the Rocky Mountains from coal development. But Peter Guthrie says his department is already working on ...
Nov 8, 2022
Alberta Court of Appeal dismisses unvaccinated woman's case for organ donation
EDMONTON - Alberta's Court of Appeal has dismissed the case of a woman who was unable to get an organ transplant because she refused to take a COVID-19 vaccine. Annette Lewis was diagnosed with a term...
Nov 8, 2022
Alberta Opposition demands Smith revoke call for advice from COVID 'bioweapon' doc
EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition says Premier Danielle Smith must cancel the invitation for advice from Dr. Paul Alexander, a high-profile critic of mainstream COVID-19 science who has referred to the ...
Nov 8, 2022
Nunavut politicians admonish ministers for not providing clear, prompt answers
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok says it's clear better communication and partnership is needed after members of the legislature chastised territorial ministers for failing to provide ...
Nov 8, 2022
Trudeau announces half a billion dollars more for rural high-speed internet access
OROMOCTO, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing an extra $475 million to the federal government's fund for delivering high-speed internet to rural homes across the country. Trudeau made t...
Nov 8, 2022
Quebec coroner says delays in getting to hospital 'very likely' led to baby's death
MONTREAL - A seven-month-old baby from a northern First Nations community who died of meningitis in April might have survived if it hadn't taken so long to get her to hospital, a Quebec coroner has co...
Nov 8, 2022
B.C. regional district seeks emergency extension as winter water supply 'uncertain'
SECHELT, B.C. - British Columbia's Sunshine Coast Regional District says continued "uncertainty" about its water supply means it will seek an extension of the state of local emergency declared last mo...
Nov 8, 2022
Safety knowledge, maintenance partly to blame for deadly sinking in B.C.: report
RICHMOND, B.C. - An investigation by the Transportation Safety Board into the sinking of a fishing boat in which two of the three crew members died identifies several "systemic safety issues." The Arc...
Nov 8, 2022
Trump ally faces election defender in Arizona governor race
PHOENIX (AP) - The appeal of Donald Trump's movement will be put to the test Tuesday in the race for governor of Arizona, a crucial battleground state where the former president's allies have taken co...
Nov 8, 2022