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Auditor scolds Alberta over mine cleanup fund, how province handles polluted sites
EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general is criticizing the government for failing to fix problems pointed out six years ago in a program that's supposed to guarantee coal and oilsands mines clean up afte...
Jun 10, 2021
Cumberland House Cree Nation declares jurisdiction over Sask. River Delta
The Chief of Cumberland House Cree Nation (CHCN) said he just wants his people and territory respected.And that's why the central Saskatchewan first nation is declaring economic sovereignty over its l...
Jun 10, 2021
Experts say removing alleged London attacker's social media profile was right move
People who study online hate say Facebook was right to remove the profile of a man accused of killing four members of an Ontario Muslim family, but they say social media companies need to do more to s...
Jun 10, 2021
Alberta finance minister defends $1.3B loss on Keystone XL as 'calculated decision'
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says the province's $1.3-billion investment of taxpayers money in the now-defunct Keystone XL pipeline project was a prudent gamble given the potential payoff in ...
Jun 10, 2021
Province announces 77 new cases of COVID-19 and one death today
The province announced another 77 new cases of COVID-19 and 129 recoveries in Saskatchewan on June 10. This brings the provincial total to 47,668 cases; 46,213 and 902 cases are considered active. The...
Jun 10, 2021
Centre back Vanessa Gilles making case to be part of Canadian Olympic roster
Canadian defender Vanessa Gilles was late coming to soccer. "I used to play tennis ... with mini-skirts and what-have-you," she said with a laugh. "I was very much into the tennis scene. "(But) mental...
Jun 10, 2021
Iran still lying about crash, leaving air travel in country unsafe, Goodale says
OTTAWA - The prime minister's special adviser on the downing of flight PS752 last year says as long as Iran refuses to tell the whole truth about the crash, the country's airspace remains unsafe. Ralp...
Jun 10, 2021
Neo-Nazi group member linked to attack plot pleads guilty
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A neo-Nazi group member whose talk of planning an attack at a Virginia gun rights rally was secretly recorded by the FBI pleaded guilty on Thursday to gun charges and obstruction...
Jun 10, 2021
Father of man accused in anti-Muslim attack in London, Ont., calls it 'senseless act'
LONDON, Ont. - The father of a man accused in the deadly attack against a Muslim family in southwestern Ontario is calling the incident "a senseless act." Mark Veltman says what happened was an "unspe...
Jun 10, 2021
NDP motion to see Commons recognize residential schools as genocide fails
OTTAWA - An NDP motion calling on the federal government to recognize the residential schools policy pursued by Canada for over a century as genocide against Indigenous Peoples was unsuccessful. NDP M...
Jun 10, 2021