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Ontario proposes lowering minimum age for lifeguards to 15 to ease staff shortages
TORONTO - Ontario is proposing to lower the minimum age for lifeguards to 15, in part to address staff shortages many municipalities experienced last summer. Regulations in the province's Health Prote...
Apr 16, 2023

Authorities: 4 killed, multiple injuries in Alabama shooting
Four people have been killed and multiple people injured during a shooting Saturday night in Dadeville, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said the shooting ha...
Apr 16, 2023

‘A better path forward’: What’s next for First Nations as the debate on the NRTA continues
The debates over the Natural Resources Transfer Agreements (NRTA) won't go away anytime soon, according to a First Nations lawyer.Last week saw the federal and provincial governments battle over comme...
Apr 16, 2023

Jets believe in Hellebuyck to help upset Golden Knights in playoff matchup
WINNIPEG - Connor Hellebuyck doesn't think the Winnipeg Jets feel like underdogs as they head into the first round of the NHL playoffs against the Vegas Golden Knights. The Jets battled to grab the fi...
Apr 16, 2023

How views of Pierre Trudeau led RCMP to provide first close security for an ex-PM
OTTAWA - With threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spiking in recent years, newly released historical records reveal the security concerns the RCMP had when his father was getting ready to le...
Apr 16, 2023

Alberta RCMP to provide update on death of officer killed en route to noise complaint
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. - The RCMP is set to provide an update on the vehicle crash that killed one of its Alberta-based officers last week. Const. Harvinder Dhami, a member of the Strathcona County deta...
Apr 16, 2023

Talk of LNG as clean fuel alternative risks losing sight of climate goals: experts
WASHINGTON - The progressive side of Canada's fossil-fuel energy debate is pushing back against the prospect of relying on natural gas as a path to a carbon-free future. High prices and a spike in dem...
Apr 16, 2023

Russian billionaire couple claims Canadian sanctions are unjustified and unreasonable
Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko and his wife Aleksandra want to be taken off Canada's sanctions list, claiming in Federal Court they've been wrongfully labelled as "elites and close associates"...
Apr 16, 2023

Quebec judge grants injunction halting eviction of homeless camp living under highway
MONTREAL - Quebec's Superior Court has granted a temporary 10-day injunction to halt the dismantling and displacement of a long-standing homeless encampment located under a major Montreal highway. In ...
Apr 16, 2023

Fire in Dubai kills 16, injures 9 in apartment building
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A fire swept through an apartment building in an older neighborhood of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, killing at least 16 people and injuring another nine, autho...
Apr 16, 2023