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Ottawa, Alberta pact under pressure over fine print. FP Video explains
This week, FP Video asks if the memorandum of understanding between Ottawa and Alberta for a new pipeline has already passed its sell-by date, we speak with the CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association about the importance of the American market to Canadian automakers, and Martin Pelletier talks about the disconnect between the ever-climbing…
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Hantavirus vs. COVID: The differences in symtoms, spread and treatment — and why we’re not facing another pandemic
Three people have died and five other cases have been reported following a hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship. The situation has drawn comparisons to the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship during the early days of COVID-19, but experts stress that hantavirus is very different from COVID and, notably, not a newly…
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Why Canada needs to start taking Alberta’s separatist movement seriously
In 1904, as part of Canada’s campaign to populate the prairies, then-premier of the Northwest Territories Sir Frederick Haultain proposed establishing a new western province called Buffalo, comprising all of modern day Alberta and Saskatchewan. With its remarkably flat landscape and fertile soils, Buffalo had the potential to become an agricultural powerhouse, and Haultain envisioned…
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‘Giant rainbow:’ 1 million tulips bloom at this southwestern Ontario farm
Ever heard of a parrot tulip? It’s just one of the frilly varieties of tulips that Melanie Berkel and her family are growing this year on their farm in southwestern Ontario.
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This Windsor-Essex conservation officer talks about the man fined for harassing geese
CBC Windsor recently reported on an Essex man who was fined $1,000 after pleading guilty to catching a Canada goose gosling and attempting to injure adult geese by throwing large rocks and swatting at them with his hands.
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Here are the roads set to be repaired this year in Windsor wards 8, 9 and 10
The City Windsor will repave a section of Tecumseh Road E. and reconstruct part of Liberty Street – including replacing curves, sidewalks and residential driveways — as part of an expansive list of road repairs scheduled for this year in Wards 8, 9 and 10.
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3 men found guilty of 1st-degree murder in 2022 killing of B.C. couple
Three men have been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2022 killing of an Abbotsford couple.
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Carney expressed ‘concern’ to Smith over leak of Alberta voter data, PMO says
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney raised concerns about the leak of a provincial electors list in a meeting with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Ottawa on Friday, according to his office. The pair met to discus outstanding issues regarding the energy deal that was signed in November, with Smith in the city to speak…
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Hantavirus risk ‘very low’ in Windsor-Essex, health unit says; no alarm bells at hospital
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) says the risk to local residents from hantavirus remains very low, and no locally acquired cases have been reported in the province.
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Siblings of child killed by foster parents in 2021 sue B.C. gov’t for exposing them to abuse
Five years after an 11-year-old Indigenous boy was beaten to death by his foster parents, his five biological and foster siblings are suing the B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development for exposing them to abuse.