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Bus carrying crew for Shania Twain concert crashes on icy highway in Saskatchewan

Bus carrying crew for Shania Twain concert crashes on icy highway in Saskatchewan

Members of Shania Twain’s concert production crew were on a bus that crashed Wednesday morning on an icy highway in southeast Saskatchewan.
DNA technology results in arrest of Sundre man in death of young mother

DNA technology results in arrest of Sundre man in death of young mother

RCMP have laid a murder charge against a Sundre man in the death of a young mother 47 years ago.
Alberta announces new health delivery system, promises to try to protect jobs

Alberta announces new health delivery system, promises to try to protect jobs

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the provincewide health provider has lost its way, grown too big and that a massive reorganization can no longer wait.
Canada, major fossil-fuel producers failing climate targets, jeopardizing transition

Canada, major fossil-fuel producers failing climate targets, jeopardizing transition

Canada and other major fossil-fuel-producing countries are failing to meet targets to keep global warming in check, a newly released major international report warned Wednesday, putting the world’s energy transition at risk.
Feds promise to build more homes on public land as fall mini-budget looms

Feds promise to build more homes on public land as fall mini-budget looms

As the federal government faces mounting pressure to address a national housing crisis, it announced on Tuesday that it would allow more than 2,800 homes to be built on six of its surplus properties across Canada.
Electric-vehicle chargers distributed unequally in Canada, environment audit finds

Electric-vehicle chargers distributed unequally in Canada, environment audit finds

The national infrastructure program to install electric chargers for passenger vehicles is too concentrated in a small number of provinces and has no data to show where the biggest gaps are, a new audit says.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to share stage with former Fox host Tucker Carlson

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to share stage with former Fox host Tucker Carlson

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to share a stage in January with a right-wing news commentator who has defended a white-supremacist theory and spread misinformation about the war in Ukraine.
Residential school records released day before archbishop testifies at Senate

Residential school records released day before archbishop testifies at Senate

A Catholic archdiocese that operated four Indigenous residential schools in Manitoba and Saskatchewan has finally surrendered a long-awaited trove of records that may hold clues about their tragic history.
Leaked documents show Alberta to dismantle health provider, may sell off care homes

Leaked documents show Alberta to dismantle health provider, may sell off care homes

Alberta is planning to dismantle its provincewide health provider and may sell off its publicly owned continuing-care facilities, say leaked cabinet briefing documents released by the Opposition NDP.
Village of Halkirk rallies to host fall supper

Village of Halkirk rallies to host fall supper

Thanks to a community coming together, a tradition at risk of falling by the wayside was able to once again be held.