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Rob Drinkwater

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ATCO, Nancy Southern,

ATCO Electric to pay $31 million penalty for overpaying First Nation

Regulated utility ATCO Electric has agreed to pay the fine after an Alberta Utilities Commission investigation found it deliberately overpaid a First Nation group for work on a new transmission line, and then failed to disclose the reasons for it when it applied to be reimbursed by ratepayers for the extra cost.
News, Politics | April 18th 2022

Canadians rally to support Ukraine

Even though Andrea Willows' grandparents fled Ukraine in the years leading up to the Second World War, she still maintains contact with family in the country and worries about their safety.
News, Politics | February 28th 2022

Jason Kenney says trucker border blockade at Alberta border must end

The Canada Border Services Agency said the U.S. border crossing at Coutts, Alta., has remained open despite the blockade on Highway 4, but RCMP say only foot traffic is able to get through.
News | January 31st 2022

Noisy anti-vax-mandate truck convoys and protests in cities across Canada show solidarity with Ottawa protesters

Numerous convoys were held in conjunction with a national convoy against vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers that rolled across Canada this past week and arrived in Ottawa on Saturday.
News | January 29th 2022

Russia's junior hockey team investigated for incident at Calgary airport

A New Year's Eve disturbance on an Air Canada plane which some passengers have said was related to bad behavior by Russia's world junior hockey team does not appear to have resulted in any charges, but the International Ice Hockey Federation says it could still take action.
Coronavirus in Canada
News | January 4th 2022

B.C. climate change victim was a beloved rugby player

Last Monday, November 15, 2021, as flooding and mudslides ravaged British Columbia, Dean Hopkins got a distraught call from his close friend's wife, saying her husband was missing.
News | November 22nd 2021

Military set up reverse osmosis water purification in Iqaluit

The Canadian Armed Forces says its members have arrived in Nunavut's capital to assist with the city's ongoing water emergency.
News, Politics | October 25th 2021

Water delivered to people without cars in Iqaluit where fuel has contaminated pipes

When staff at Iqaluit's Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre learned water from the city's distribution pipes wasn't safe to drink they knew some people would have no access to water.
News, Politics | October 18th 2021
Jason Kenney,

Alberta municipal affairs minister shamed for travelling over Christmas

Coronavirus in Canada
News, Politics | January 2nd 2021
skating rink, Mosaic Stadium, Regina,

Regina's Mosaic Stadium's football field flooded for free, pandemic friendly skating

The operators of Regina's Mosaic Stadium have come up with a novel way to give people who want to skate plenty of space for social distancing.
Coronavirus in Canada
News | December 29th 2020
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