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Group that wants pause on Green Line hosted private event with top city officials
A select group gathered last week at the exclusive Petroleum Club in downtown Calgary for an invite-only presentation from top city officials on the Green Line LRT, a meeting which sources say concluded with a fundraising request to help push a particular vision for the project. The Feb. 13 meeting was
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Pointe-Claire to buy $4M lot in historic village to block condo development
The City of Pointe-Claire has voted to buy a vacant lot in its historic village to prevent the space from being turned into condos.The vote passed unanimously at a special city council session Tuesday night. The land will be purchased from the promoter at the cost of about $3.75 million — a price mayor
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Ontario: Rounds of lake-effect snow ahead of gorgeous spring-like weekend
Snow squalls will meander across southern Ontario through Thursday ahead of a gorgeous spring-like weekend ahead.
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Departure date of plane for Canadians on cruise ship yet to be confirmed: officials
Global Affairs says the departure date for a plane that will carry Canadians home from a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan is yet to be confirmed.Spokeswoman Barbara Harvey says the departure will be settled once final arrangements are made with the Japanese government and the cruise ship company.A
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Tax the rich, spend on the poor: 3 years in, this is still an NDP government
"Budgets are really about choices," said Finance Minister Carole James, more than once, as she delivered her third budget as B.C.'s finance minister.That being said, there were fewer choices to make in this budget than her first two. With over three-quarters of the NDP's election platform
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Cleanup of Cameron Hills project hangs in balance as Strategic Oil and Gas in receivership
A troubled oil and gas company that has wells in the Northwest Territories has gone into receivership, and the territory's oil and gas regulator is worried that taxpayers will be left to clean up the property.Strategic Oil and Gas Ltd. has been under creditor protection for 10 months, but it'
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New Mercer St. school will be named after Windsor's first black alderman
The new school replacing Giles Campus French Immersion on Mercer Street will be named after Windsor's first black alderman, James L. Dunn.That's after a unanimous vote at Tuesday evening's public school board trustee meeting, which saw a naming committee put three other recommendations forward
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After catching on to rental scam, Halifax man plays along with scammer
A Halifax resident is speaking out after a brush with an online rental scam.After graduating with a computer science degree last year, Alex MacLeod said low vacancy rates made it difficult to find a place to live, so he was staying with friends while apartment hunting in the city."To find a good
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Alexandra Stréliski, Ali Gatie, City and Colour, Meghan Patrick, iskwē and The Dead South to perform at Junos
Alexandra Stréliski, Ali Gatie, City and Colour, iskwē, Meghan Patrick and The Dead South have been announced as the final round of performers for the 2020 Juno Awards taking place in Saskatoon next month. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences also announced that Anne Murray will induct
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Few businesses on the TSX have women leading them: Sask.'s Danielle Favreau is one
Women are still disproportionately under-represented in the boardrooms of Canadian businesses but more companies are moving toward greater gender parity, says one of the few female CEOs overseeing a company today.The securities regulatory authorities in Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario,
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'You're completely alone': Fat-bike riders ride by night in annual Saskatchewan race
Fat-bike rider Charlotte Brockman says racing in Escape the Hooved Man — a 23-kilometre, nighttime race through the frozen terrain of northern Saskatchewan — is about adventure. "I have ridden my fat bike in the wintertime a couple times so far but not through the forest, which, to me, adds an element
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Manes P wreck sparked career in chemistry for Carleton professor
When Carleton University chemistry professor David Miller sees photographs of the wreck of the Manes P, his mind turns immediately to oil.Dirty Bunker C had leaked from the stricken cargo ship's tank, and the slippery film coated its stairs, walkways and, seemingly, everything else below decks."
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Summerside resolves to buy generator in move to make St. Eleanors city's emergency hub
The city of Summerside is buying a new 60 kW generation system at St. Eleanors Community Centre and Fire Hall.The plan is for the community centre to become the city's primary emergency station.Councillor Cory Snow chair of the community services department committee said the decision to find an
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Poor planning is costing the Nunavut government in missed medical flights, says MLA
Over a quarter of the territorial health budget is going toward medical travel, but the MLA for Pangnirtung says that money is being wasted because patients are missing their flights. In 2018-2019 there were 6,000 medical travellers who missed flights, Margaret Nakashuk told the legislature on Tuesday
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Snow, heavy rain, possible flooding as more winter blankets island
Batten down the hatches and hold on tight — Environment Canada has wind, rain, and winter storm warnings for the Avalon, south coast, and west coast areas of Newfoundland Wednesday, as a messy mix of weather hits the island."The entire island is going to see something out of this," said meteorologist
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New techniques: How Labrador-Grenfell Health is trying to improve patient care
Labrador-Grenfell Health isn't reinventing the wheel, just changing the way nurses do their rounds — and a few other things. The health authority has been implementing methods from a comprehensive nursing-care model from the Ottawa Hospital, which focuses on patient, family and nursing organization
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Moncton counting on provincial funds for new group housing homeless
Moncton councillors lent verbal support to a new non-profit that plans to buy properties to house homeless people, but millions in city funding to get it started won't flow unless the provincial government also contributes money.Rising Tide Community Initiatives Inc. was launched by people involved
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Toronto's photo radar cameras having trouble reading new Ontario licence plates
Toronto's new photo radar program may be off to a slow start after preliminary data from the city suggests the font size of the new Ontario licence plates can't be seen by the cameras.A spokesperson for the city said staff could not provide a "conclusive evaluation" because the photo
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In 1927, London Ont. hosted a Canadian first for Black rights
A little known chapter in London's Black history has surfaced at a venue most people in this city associate with music.The Aeolian Hall was filled with "sweet music" from a live orchestra on Oct. 10, 1927 and there was dancing with "old and young" joining together. The occasion
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Université Sainte-Anne's switch to wood heat shows potential for forest industry
As Nova Scotia's forestry industry tries to adjust to life after Northern Pulp, wood heat projects have been presented as one possible new market for products that right now don't have a destination.A tender was recently issued for six district heating projects, which would see wood heat systems
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Family refusal a significant hurdle in N.S. organ donations, says study
Doctors in Nova Scotia have discovered many families are refusing to allow a loved one in a traumatic situation to donate their organs, even if the patient has signed their donation card.Dr. Rob Green, the provincial medical director for Nova Scotia's trauma program, worked on three studies looking
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Recent changes at Confederation Centre present chance to renovate, redesign lobby
The Showcase gift shop, located in the lobby of the Confederation Centre of the Arts, is scheduled to temporarily close after September 2020 as part of renovations to the lobby space.The retail space originally opened in 1965, one year after the centre officially opened. Now, the centre is planning an
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Former head of NLC pays back $3K reimbursed for travel expenses: AG report
The former CEO of the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation has paid back $3,150 in travel expenses after the auditor general found he was reimbursed for improper expense claims.Auditor General Julia Mullaley also questioned why Steve Winter needed to go on expensive European trips for the Crown
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A castle gets a makeover and a new mortgage stress test; In The News for Feb. 19
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 19 ...What we are watching in Canada ...A small, mobile RCMP detachment in a remote area of British Columbia has become a bargaining chip
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Hereditary chiefs say they'll meet with ministers if RCMP get out
VANCOUVER — A small, mobile RCMP detachment in a remote area of British Columbia has become a bargaining chip in proposed talks that many hope could put an end to blockades that have disrupted rail and road traffic across the country.The demonstrations are in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary
