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Einarson rink anointed Canada’s team at Scotties with Homan preparing for Olympics
With Team Rachel Homan preparing for the Milan-Cortina Olympics, Team Kerri Einarson will wear Canada colours at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts next month in Mississauga, Ont. Source link
Ex-Honduran president, convicted of trafficking 360 tonnes of cocaine, out of prison after Trump pardon
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in a drug-trafficking operation that moved hundreds of tonnes of cocaine to the United States, was released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump, officials confirmed Tuesday. Source link
Some Nunavimmiut want more answers from Elections Canada into voting failures in federal election
In a report released Thursday , Elections Canada acknowledged a suite of shortcomings that led to polls at half of Nunavik’s 14 villages closing early on election day – and in Akulivik and Ivujivik, there were no voting services that day at all. But Source link
Is it illegal to spoil Christmas? Police in Ontario get complaints about anti-Santa signs
Police in Brantford, Ont., confirmed with CBC News that they received calls from upset residents, as well as online and in-person complaints, after a house along the parade route posted anti-Santa signs in its windows. Source link
B.C. government to stop sharing slots revenue with horse racing industry
Horse breeders in B.C. worry the sport of horse racing may be coming to an end in the province, after the government told the industry it would stop sharing revenue from slot machines at two racetrack-adjacent casinos next year. Source link
Cross-country drug bust yields 386 kg of fentanyl, thousands of arrests
Police across Canada have seized hundreds of kilos of fentanyl and charged thousands of people over the course of a five-month bust the RCMP is describing as “significant.” But officials detailing the results of the blitz on Tuesday stressed that Canada is still not a major exporter of the drug, despite concerns raised by the […]
Ontario wrote off $1.4B of PPE, is burning expired equipment: auditor
Ontario wrote off more than one billion items of personal protective equipment at a cost of $1.4 billion since 2021, the province’s auditor general found. Source link
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party is not a separatist party
Smith says most of the party’s board is still aligned with her and the belief that Alberta can exist within Confederation. Source link
Alberta unveils plan to resist enforcement of Ottawa's firearm buyback program
The provincial government has detailed its plan to fight Ottawa’s gun buyback program, describing the federal plan as an unconstitutional attack on the rights of Albertans. Source link