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Alberta to reduce spending by 3 per cent, but no cuts to health, education
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government will cut program spending by close to three per cent in Thursday's provincial budget. But Kenney, in a TV address Wednesday night, reiterate...
Oct 25, 2019
Jeers for Harvey Weinstein at NYC actors showcase
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein was mocked from the stage and jeered by attendees at a New York City actors showcase - a rare public appearance ahead of his January rape trial. A comedian at Wednesday's "...
Oct 25, 2019
Trudeau regrets negative tone of campaign, promises co-operation ahead
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed regret Wednesday for the nastiness of the federal election campaign and vowed to find a way to work co-operatively with other parti...
Oct 25, 2019
Man guilty of attempting to murder Edmonton police officer, 4 pedestrians
EDMONTON - A man who struck a police officer with a car before stabbing him multiple times outside an Edmonton football game has been found guilty of attempted murder. Jurors have also ...
Oct 25, 2019
Power fully restored two weeks after major snowstorm hit Manitoba
WINNIPEG - Electricity is back on in all communities that lost power two weeks ago, when Manitoba was hit by a major snowstorm that brought down power poles and transmission towers. Manitoba Hydr...
Oct 25, 2019
House investigators subpoena 3 more administration officials
WASHINGTON - House impeachment investigators are issuing subpoenas to three more Trump administration officials. They're demanding that the three testify in their probe of President Donald Trump's eff...
Oct 25, 2019
Halifax ceremony marks 50th anniversary of Navy's worst peacetime accident
HALIFAX - Allan "Dinger" Bell has no idea how long he was in the flames that engulfed the HMCS Kootenay engine room after the destroyer was rocked by an explosion that led to the worst peacetime accid...
Oct 25, 2019
Regina's Mosaic Stadium steps onto NHL stage with an outdoor game
REGINA - The NHL's outdoor game in Regina doesn't have a player from the province of Saskatchewan in it, or even a Western Hockey League Regina Pats alumnus. So the player with perhaps ...
Oct 25, 2019
Oilsands part of second U.S. fraud lawsuit against Exxon over carbon pricing
Alberta's oilsands are at the centre of a second major fraud lawsuit filed in the United States against ExxonMobil. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday by the state of Massachusetts, accuses the oil multin...
Oct 25, 2019
Felicity Huffman released 11 days into 14-day prison term
SAN FRANCISCO - Actress Felicity Huffman was released Friday morning from a federal prison in California on the 11th day of a 14-day sentence for her role in the college admissions scandal, authoritie...
Oct 25, 2019