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Alberta energy minister told to design incentives for industry to clean up oil wells

EDMONTON — Direction from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to her new energy minister suggests the United Conservative government hasn't given up on a controversial program that would see taxpayers backstop the cleanup of old oil and gas wells that com

Jul 13, 2023 2:00 AM Read more >

Did past health accords work? Ottawa is trying to make that question easier to answer

OTTAWA — In medicine, before a doctor treats a patient's illness, they first try to get a sense of the person's health. They collect information on the symptoms, run tests and blood work and gather whatever details they can.

Jul 13, 2023 2:00 AM Read more >

Rodriguez leaves door open to regulating Meta's new social media platform Threads

Canada's heritage minister is leaving the door open to regulating new social media platform Threads under a bill forcing Google and Meta to pay publishers for content they link to or repurpose.

Jul 12, 2023 5:57 PM Read more >

Lawyers cast doubt on phone data linking Ali to alleged scene of B.C. teen's killing

VANCOUVER — Lawyers for Ibrahim Ali, who's accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl in a Burnaby, B.C.

Jul 12, 2023 5:49 PM Read more >

'Heartless': Miller criticizes Manitoba government's decision not to search landfill

The federal minister of Crown-Indigenous relations is criticizing Manitoba's government for standing in the way of a search for the remains of two slain Indigenous women believed to be in a landfill, as others say the jurisdictional battle is leaving

Jul 12, 2023 4:59 PM Read more >

Canada's premiers urge Ottawa to advance infrastructure to boost economic growth

WINNIPEG — Canada's premiers ended their annual three-day conference Wednesday with a call for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on infrastructure needs ranging from highways to housing.

Jul 12, 2023 4:29 PM Read more >

Quebec judge says three-month sentence could trivialize promotion of hate

MONTREAL — A jail sentence of just three months for a man convicted of promoting hatred against Jews could trivialize the crime, a Quebec court judge said Wednesday as he questioned the Crown's sentencing recommendation.

Jul 12, 2023 4:17 PM Read more >

Union and employers receive mediator's terms to end B.C. port strike, source says

VANCOUVER — A source close to negotiations over the British Columbia port strike said both sides on Wednesday received the terms of a settlement recommended by a federal mediator that could end the 12-day-old industrial action.

Jul 12, 2023 4:08 PM Read more >

Archibald removed from AFN meeting for violating code of conduct, says interim chief

HALIFAX — The interim chief of the Assembly of First Nations says former national chief RoseAnne Archibald was barred Tuesday from participating in the organization's annual general meeting because she violated its code of conduct.

Jul 12, 2023 2:25 PM Read more >

Recognition of First Nations rights a 'sticking' point in new policing law plan: AFN

OTTAWA — Recognizing First Nations rights in a proposed policing bill with Ottawa is a "sticking" point in the negotiations, a lawyer for the Assembly of First Nations announced Wednesday.

Jul 12, 2023 2:22 PM Read more >