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A wind power proponent says the latest SaskPower rate increases may be just the beginning of increasing electrical rates in the province. SaskPower is asking for two rate increases this year — five per cent this summer and another five per cent in January. President of SaskWind James Glennie...

And while speed is decreasing in those two sections, government staff found crash rates increased in a total of 14 of the 33 sections of highway with raised speed limits. Highway 1 from Hope to Cache Creek will return to 90 km/h from 100 km/h and Highway 5A from Princeton to Merritt will...

Paul Watson, an anti-whaling activist known as one of the founding members of Greenpeace, is finally getting back his Canadian passport, four years after it was mysteriously revoked by the Harper government. Watson, who now lives in France, told National Observer he received the passport on...

City councillors in Fort McMurray, Alta., have approved a motion to more than double some of their salaries, and three could become some of the highest paid councillors in Canada. The pay hike is drawing harsh criticism from constituents, many of whom lost their homes and jobs to the...

Don't let the Liberals crush Canada with any more Free Trades or integrations. Protest this the best way you can...... Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto arrived in Canada Monday for an official state visit, using his first remarks to call for the “economic integration” of North America...

Pope Francis said on Sunday that Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should seek forgiveness from homosexuals for the way they had treated them. In the hour-long freewheeling conversation that has become a trademark of his international travels, Francis was asked if he agreed with recent...

The owner of the bison, John Scott, said he did nothing wrong, but he does admit the animals were killed for use in the film. "The fact that I'm a bison producer and I have the right to sell my bison wherever I want is a legitimate statement," he said. "The fact that Longview Beef Jerky is a...

The windswept field is supposed to become the site of one of the biggest destinations in the world for Buddhist pilgrims, and attract thousands of tourists each year to the community about 140 kilometres northeast of Toronto. But a project to build 15 wind turbines nearby is now threatening...

Toddler found unresponsive in pool dies The toddler was found in the pool during a family gathering at 6645 Carriage Crossing Drive in the Grey’s Creek Area. According to a family post on Facebook, the incident Monday occurred during a celebration, exactly one year after Adams’ 11-month-old...

US President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in the state of West Virginia, where the worst floods in more than a century have left at least 24 people dead. West Virginia deadly floods: Obama declares major disaster - BBC News

In the midst the latest round of unite-the-right chatter, conservative voters in Alberta now have another party to cast their ballots for. The Reform Party of Albertais now officially registered as a political party with Elections Alberta The party describes itself as “Alberta’s principled...

Yesterday, US Customs and Border Protection entered a new proposal into the federal register, suggesting a new field in which persons entering the country can declare their various social media accounts and screen names. The information wouldn’t be mandatory, but the proposed field would still...

All in all, it was fairly tame compared to the virulent reaction against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's father 48 years ago. Trudeau was booed briefly by a few people in Quebec City on Friday -- the province's Fete nationale -- about 11 seconds after he began speaking in English about the...

The flagship first bill of Alberta’s new NDP government that bans corporate and union donations to political parties has passed in the legislature. Opponents, however, say much work remains to be done to close the loopholes. Bill 1, An Act to Renew Democracy in Alberta, passed unanimously in...

The province has appointed the Honourable Hugh Segal to provide advice on the design and implementation of a Basic Income Pilot in Ontario, as announced in the 2016 Budget. Basic income, or guaranteed annual income, is a payment to eligible families or individuals that ensures a minimum level...

The Historic Route 66 welcome center in Conway, Missouri will receive the nation’s first solar roadway panels on a public right of way. Their project received tons of attention in 2014 after the world caught wind of the couple’s ambitious plan to harness the energy being soaked up by the...

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Montreal, Christian Lépine, has ordered that beginning sometime this year, priests and other pastoral workers in Montreal parishes will no longer be permitted to spend time alone with children. The decree comes in the wake of continued allegations of sexual and...

For 48 minutes Thursday, Robert-Falcon Ouellette sat in a committee room on Parliament Hill and spoke passionately about the reasons a guaranteed minimum income would have a profound effect on people in his Winnipeg Centre riding. For 48 minutes, he cited the history of the idea, referenced the...

In the middle of April, Facebook removed more than six Arabic-speaking atheist pages due to “violations” of Community Standards. This is not the first time that Facebook has censored atheists and freethinkers in the MENA region. In response, the Atheist Alliance – Middle-East and North Africa...