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Quick Sketch: Meet Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney

Quick Sketch: Meet Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney

OTTAWA — Mark Carney is a known commodity in Liberal circles. Party organizers have tried to convince the former central banker to run under the big red banner for the past decade.
Substitute teachers being used to replace support staff during strike, says union

Substitute teachers being used to replace support staff during strike, says union

EDMONTON — The union representing more than 3,000 school support workers in Edmonton says their public school division is having substitute teachers replace its members in the classroom.
Lack of interpreter leads Alberta judge to throw deaf man's sex charges out of court

Lack of interpreter leads Alberta judge to throw deaf man's sex charges out of court

An Alberta judge has stayed sex charges against a deaf man because the courts couldn't find an interpreter to help him understand the legal proceedings.
CMHC says total housing starts in 2024 up 2% from 2023

CMHC says total housing starts in 2024 up 2% from 2023

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the total number of housing starts in 2024 rose two per cent compared with 2023, helped by increased starts in Alberta, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces.
Man, woman facing arson charges after Calgary home explosion that injured six people

Man, woman facing arson charges after Calgary home explosion that injured six people

CALGARY — A man and woman are accused of lighting their Calgary home on fire, triggering an explosion that injured several people last fall.
'We're essential': Disability rights groups shocked by Alberta government funding cut

'We're essential': Disability rights groups shocked by Alberta government funding cut

EDMONTON — Three Alberta disability advocacy groups say they're shocked and saddened after learning the provincial government plans to back out of their funding contracts more than a year early.
Redblacks sign quarterback Dru Brown to one-year contract extension

Redblacks sign quarterback Dru Brown to one-year contract extension

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks signed American quarterback Dru Brown to a one-year contract extension Wednesday. The deal leaves Brown under contract with Ottawa through the 2026 season.
Alberta man killed by RCMP drew weapons, may have made bomb threat: watchdog

Alberta man killed by RCMP drew weapons, may have made bomb threat: watchdog

TOFIELD, Alta. — Alberta's police watchdog says a man fatally shot by RCMP before Christmas was uncooperative and "made comments" that prompted police to call in its bomb squad.
Alberta launches ankle bracelet monitoring of 'high risk' offenders

Alberta launches ankle bracelet monitoring of 'high risk' offenders

EDMONTON — 51ºÚÁÏs convicted or accused of a crime can now be ordered to wear ankle bracelets that electronically track their movements.
Lion Electric's customers worried about what comes next amid company's struggles

Lion Electric's customers worried about what comes next amid company's struggles

MONTREAL — Andrew Brooks ordered three school buses from Lion Electric Co. on Nov. 20, just before American Thanksgiving.
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