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Stony Plain Road business in Edmonton faces construction headache – Edmonton

Businesses along Stony Plain Road in Edmonton say customers are having difficulty maneuvering around the Valley Line West LRT construction to get to their shops. So, one restaurant owner took matters into his own hands. Theo Psalios, the owner of Little Village on Stony...

Some who felt B.C. earthquake didn’t get an alert, prompting system review

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Southwestern British Columbia is recovering from the shock of Friday’s earthquake, which has triggered some concern about the consistency and timing of alerts sent to residents. A federal seismologist says they are looking into the issue, but some...

Alberta surgical company’s fees double public costs, according to AHS documents

A private surgical company at the heart of allegations the Alberta government interfered to secure overpriced medical contracts was billing taxpayers more than twice as much per procedure than it would cost in a public hospital, according to Alberta Health Services documents. An internal...

Ontario pauses 15 government advertising campaigns deemed to be partisan

More than two dozen television commercials, funded by Ontario taxpayers, were paused during the election period after the province’s auditor general deemed the advertising was “designed to promote the governing party” rather than the province itself. In December, Auditor General Shelley Spence revealed that...

International student enrolment down at Sask. universities

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Saskatchewan’s two largest universities are grappling with dwindling enrolment in part due to a cap on international students allowed to enter the country. According to the University of Regina, there were 3,843 total undergraduate international students in fall...

Trump wants to replace Canada’s car industry. How much would that cost? – National

If there’s one sector in the Canadian economy that has faced the particular focus of U.S. President Donald Trump‘s tariff threats, it’s Canada’s auto industry. Trump has said that he wants to “make the cars in Detroit,” indicating that he wants to replace Canada’s...