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Alberta ban on school seclusion rooms comes with possible exemptions
EDMONTON - Alberta Education Minister David Eggen says schools and parents will be able to request exemptions to a ban on seclusion rooms that will take effect this fall. Eggen stresses that...
Mar 01, 2019
Ontario researchers discover how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics
Ontario researchers say they have discovered how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, a finding they say could help combat the growing problem. Maikel Rheinstadter, a physics professor with ...
Mar 01, 2019
Canadian government green-lights formal extradition process for Meng Wanzhou
OTTAWA - The federal Justice Department gave the go-ahead Friday for an extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, marking the formal start of the high-profile process ...
Mar 01, 2019
New impact assessment bill for energy projects to get major changes in Senate
OTTAWA - The federal government's promised overhaul of environmental evaluations for energy projects could get major surgery before the Senate is finished with it. Bill C-69, the Impact Assessmen...
Mar 01, 2019
Nathan Cullen joins long list of NDP MPs who won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - Nathan Cullen, one of the NDP's best known and most effective MPs, is calling it quits. He's announcing he won't seek re-election this fall. That makes 13 of the 44 New Democrats elected...
Mar 01, 2019
CMHC sets target to make housing affordable for every Canadian by 2030
OTTAWA - A federal housing agency hopes to see every Canadian with an affordable home by 2030 and has offered up a plan full of experiments to make it happen. The Canada Mortgage and Housing...
Mar 01, 2019
NewsAlert: Appeals Court upholds landmark tobacco ruling
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark judgment that ordered three tobacco companies to pay billions of dollars in damages to Quebec smokers. Imperial Tob...
Mar 01, 2019
Telemiracle weekend set to kick off in Saskatchewan
For the 43rd year in a row, Saskatchewan will be asked to "ring those phones!"The Kinsmen Telemiracle fundraising telethon starts Saturday night at TCU Place in Saskatoon.Telemiracle chair Adam Logue ...
Mar 01, 2019 Volunteers take donations over the phone at Telemiracle 42 in Regina on March 4, 2018.(Submitted photo/980 CJME)
Prince Albert Kinsmen Club continues pancake tradition
Many people in Prince Albert came out to support the local Kinsmen Club as the organization raised money for the provincial Telemiracle fundraiser.Humpty's Family Restaurant hosted the annual event, w...
Mar 01, 2019 Prince Albert Kinsmen Club Vice President Jonathan Fraser, right, accepting a donation (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
What'sHappeningNOW March 1, 2019
News Director Glenn Hicks speaks with reporter Ronald Quaroni regarding extreme cold temperatures in February, which came in as the fourth coldest recorded February in P.A.'s history.
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