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Alberta finance minister says he has not 'flip-flopped' on proposed pension change

Alberta finance minister says he has not 'flip-flopped' on proposed pension change

EDMONTON — Finance Minister Nate Horner — after promising any stand-alone Alberta pension plan would not follow the contentious Quebec model, then saying it might, then saying it won't — told reporters Friday that possibility is back on the table.
Police investigating series of extortion threats linked with shooting in B.C.

Police investigating series of extortion threats linked with shooting in B.C.

WHITE ROCK, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia say they are investigating a series of extortion threats that police say may be linked.
Feds recover $40M from defunct Quebec vaccine developer Medicago

Feds recover $40M from defunct Quebec vaccine developer Medicago

OTTAWA — The federal government has recovered $40 million of its investment in the now-defunct Quebec-based vaccine developer Medicago as part of a deal with the parent company, the innovation minister announced Thursday.
Tens of thousands of B.C. residents received free contraception in eight months

Tens of thousands of B.C. residents received free contraception in eight months

VANCOUVER — About 188,000 people have received free prescription contraception since British Columbia became the first province to offer it in April.
Manitoba licence plates for missing, murdered Indigenous women available for purchase

Manitoba licence plates for missing, murdered Indigenous women available for purchase

WINNIPEG — Two options of a new specialty licence plate to raise money for the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people are now available to purchase in Manitoba.
Celebrity chef and Nova Scotia First Nation team up to create meal kits with venison

Celebrity chef and Nova Scotia First Nation team up to create meal kits with venison

MILLBROOK FIRST NATION, N.S. — A First Nation in Nova Scotia has collaborated with a celebrity chef to create meal kits for band members that feature meat from nuisance deer shot by crossbow hunters.
Defending champion Baird squeaks through Big Air qualifying in Edmonton

Defending champion Baird squeaks through Big Air qualifying in Edmonton

EDMONTON — Canadian rider Jasmine Baird will have the chance to defend her FIS Big Air Snowboard title at Commonwealth Stadium. But she had to sweat out a nervous qualifying process first.
EQB customers weathering shock of high interest rates, CEO says

EQB customers weathering shock of high interest rates, CEO says

TORONTO — The head of EQB Inc. says customers are largely weathering the shock of high interest rates.
Quebec unions representing 420,000 public sector workers start weeklong strike

Quebec unions representing 420,000 public sector workers start weeklong strike

MONTREAL — Quebec public sector unions say the government is running out of time to reach a deal for new collective agreements and avoid an unlimited general strike in the new year involving hundreds of thousands of workers.
1 in 9 Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID infection, StatCan says

1 in 9 Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID infection, StatCan says

About one in nine Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID-19 infection, according to a Statistics Canada report issued Friday. That amounts to 3.5 million Canadians, it said.
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