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Poilievre urges Singh to end NDP deal with Liberals, force fall election
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the leader of the New Democrats, urging him to force an election this fall. Poilievre's letter to Jagmeet Singh says the NDP does not have ...
Aug 29, 2024
Province invests in tuition-free early childhood educator training to address daycare demand
A child care provider from the Battlefords is hoping a government incentive to provide tuition-free early childhood educator (ECE) training will help alleviate a shortage of workers and daycare spaces...
Aug 29, 2024
FSIN and PAGC calling for end to taxation of First Nations
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) and the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) met Wednesday morning to announce their intentions to have First Nations people exempt from paying all ...
Aug 29, 2024
In the news today: Border blockade sentencing begins, wildfire threatens First Nation
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Lawyers to argue sentencing in Coutts blockade Lawyers were set to argue Thursday what a fit sentence should b...
Aug 29, 2024
'Tornadoes over water' seen across Eastern Canada this summer
MONTREAL - Marc-Andr Bourgeois-Gaudet was in his boat off the shores of les-de-la-Madeleine, Que., last Friday when he saw several funnel clouds descending from the sky like tornadoes. As he got close...
Aug 29, 2024
Lawyers to argue sentences for two men convicted in Coutts blockade
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Lawyers were set to argue Thursday what a fit sentence should be for two protesters convicted for their roles in the 2022 border blockade near Coutts, Alta. Earlier this month, a j...
Aug 29, 2024
Incumbent BC United MLAs ponder futures as Conservatives after party demise
VICTORIA - The political landscape in British Columbia has shifted with John Rustad's Conservatives now carrying the centre-right banner heading into a fall election campaign. BC United Leader Kevin F...
Aug 29, 2024
Saskatchewan schools making sure pronoun law followed as kids head back to class
REGINA - Saskatchewan's two largest school divisions say they've addressed concerns from teachers and are enforcing the province's pronoun law as children head back to classrooms next week. Jason Cole...
Aug 29, 2024
Thai court sentences a YouTube chef, who is the son of Spanish actors, to life for murder
BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Thailand on Thursday found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison, in a lurid ...
Aug 28, 2024
Thai court hands a YouTube chef who is the son of famous Spanish actors a life sentence for murder
BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Thailand on Thursday found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison, in a lurid ...
Aug 28, 2024