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Calgary park gets its goats: Animals part of pilot project to control weeds
CALGARY – They’re lean, mean, eating machines. Calgary has introduced 106 goats to a city…
Medical rescue plane arrives at South Pole to pick up sick worker from station
CALGARY – A rescue plane has safely completed the first leg of a dangerous mid-winter…
Vancouver Island mom urges vaccination as her sick baby girl suffers in hospital
VICTORIA – A mother who says her baby is hospitalized with whooping cough in Victoria…
Northern Ontario First Nation demands federal government clean up mercury
WINNIPEG – Leaders of a northern Ontario First Nation are demanding action after new allegations…
Manitoba premier cites ‘personal responsibility’ in pension plan decision
WINNIPEG – Manitoba does not support a national agreement on boosting the Canada Pension Plan…
Deal on Canada Pension Plan reform was swift in policy-making terms
OTTAWA – Higher Canada Pension Plan premiums are still more than two years off, and…
Ontario woman hit by car after stopping to help turtle, in serious condition
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – A 44-year-old Ontario woman is in hospital with serious injuries after she…
Suspect charged after woman spat on, has hijab pulled in Ontario supermarket
LONDON, Ont. – Police have charged a woman with assault after another woman was punched,…
‘My dear boy:’ Mother still weeps for teen locked up in Florida 30 years ago
TORONTO – Even now, almost 30 years later, Richard and Carol Davies grasp for the…
Some key dates in the case of a Canadian serving life sentence in Florida
TORONTO – William Russell (Russ) Davies, of Richmond Hill, Ont., was 19 when he was…
Alberta coal communities look at what future holds as age of coal comes to end
CALGARY – Coal-dependent communities in Alberta are taking a hard look at their future as…
The legal road for Travis Vader in Alberta couple’s disappearance
EDMONTON – Final arguments began Wednesday in a trial for an Alberta man accused in…
Data gaps test Liberals’ pledge for evidence-based policy, documents show
OTTAWA – The federal government is facing a lack of detailed information on some of…
Five things to know about Canada and Thursday’s ‘Brexit’ vote
OTTAWA – Here are five things to know about Thursday’s British referendum on its future…
‘That was a great one;’ 94-year-old Air Force vet hops aboard a Flying Fortress
SPRINGBANK, Alta. – As a tail gunner aboard a Canadian Lancaster bomber during the Second…
Vermilion Energy CEO says ‘leave’ vote would be a mistake for Britain
CALGARY – A Calgary CEO whose oil and gas company has extensive holdings in Europe…
Earls says Canadian beef back on menu after outcry on U.S. sourcing
CALGARY – Earls restaurant chain says Canadian beef is back in all of its Alberta…
Crown argues there’s enough to convict Travis Vader for murder of missing couple
EDMONTON – A judge has been asked to connect the dots and convict the man…
Police say hostage-taking over at remote Quebec courthouse, hostage not hurt
SEPT-ILES, Que. – Quebec provincial police say a hostage-taking at a courthouse in a remote…
Key dates in the final days of Ezekiel Stephan presented at trial of parents
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – Sentencing arguments are being made for David and Collet Stephan, convicted of…
Six stories in the news today, June 23
Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press: ——— SENTENCING ARGUMENTS IN MENINGITIS…
Vancouver mayor pushes B.C. to tax empty homes or he will act alone
Vancouver’s mayor says he’s prepared to go it alone if the British Columbia government doesn’t…
Cinar co-founder Ronald Weinberg gets nine-year sentence for fraud
MONTREAL – The co-founder of the Cinar animation company was given a nine-year prison term…
More controversy with pride march in Manitoba city; RCMP reviewing permit denial
WINNIPEG – The RCMP say they will re-assess a decision to decline a permit for…