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Alberta premier gives new version of why she spoke with accused before criminal trial

Alberta premier gives new version of why she spoke with accused before criminal trial

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has delivered a new version of why she engaged in a controversial phone call with a Calgary street pastor in which they discussed his upcoming criminal case related to COVID-19 public health measures.
Signs calling for police to search landfills taped to Winnipeg police headquarters

Signs calling for police to search landfills taped to Winnipeg police headquarters

WINNIPEG — Protesters attending a rally honouring an Indigenous woman whose remains were recovered at a landfill taped their protest signs to the windows of the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters, demanding officials investigate the death further a
DriveBC issues advisory for 150 km stretch of highway between Golden and Revelstoke

DriveBC issues advisory for 150 km stretch of highway between Golden and Revelstoke

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's transportation ministry says an "intense spring storm" is poised to hit a 150 km stretch of Highway in the southeastern part of the province.
Liberals pledge revamp of forced-labour bill, possible enforcement rules surprise MP

Liberals pledge revamp of forced-labour bill, possible enforcement rules surprise MP

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is revamping its approach to modern-day slavery, promising new legislation that caught off guard the Liberal MP who has been steering a bill on forced labour through Parliament.
Budget watchdog troubled by spin around latest report on carbon pricing

Budget watchdog troubled by spin around latest report on carbon pricing

OTTAWA — Canada's Parliamentary budget officer said he is troubled by what he describes as the selective use of facts from his new financial analysis of carbon pricing.
Man dies of carbon monoxide poisoning during power outage, Quebec police say

Man dies of carbon monoxide poisoning during power outage, Quebec police say

MONTREAL — A 75-year-old man died Friday after running his generator in his garage during a blackout, the third death attributed to a vicious storm that coated parts of southern Quebec and eastern Ontario in ice this week.
Federal tax workers vote in favour of striking in middle of tax filing season

Federal tax workers vote in favour of striking in middle of tax filing season

OTTAWA — More than 35,000 federal workers who assess and approve tax returns will be in a legal strike position by April 14, just two weeks before the annual deadline for Canadians to file their taxes.
Canadian woman released from Syrian camp released on bail in Alberta

Canadian woman released from Syrian camp released on bail in Alberta

OTTAWA — A Canadian woman who returned to Canada from a prison camp in northeastern Syria this week has been released on bail in Edmonton pending a terrorism peace bond application, Mounties in Alberta said Friday.
'Hanging in': David Suzuki shares insights as he retires from 'The Nature of Things'

'Hanging in': David Suzuki shares insights as he retires from 'The Nature of Things'

After 44 years as the face of Canada's premier science TV show, you might expect David Suzuki to feel a little sadness and a little nostalgia as he steps down as host of "The Nature of Things." Not so.
N.S. mass shooting: how gun smuggling happened, and the inquiry's call for reforms

N.S. mass shooting: how gun smuggling happened, and the inquiry's call for reforms

HALIFAX — A decade before a Nova Scotia man used smuggled guns to murder 22 people in the province in 2020, police information systems had labelled him as a firearms risk.