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Parks Canada worried spilled grain from derailed CP train will attract grizzlies
Parks Canada is worried spilled grain from a derailed train in Banff National Park will attract hungry grizzly bears to the tracks as they emerge from hibernation in the coming weeks.
Legalities obstruct abuse-investigation body for amateur athletes
An outside body to investigate allegations of abuse and harassment in amateur sports is hung up on legalities, says Sports Minister Kirsty Duncan.
British nautical maps from century ago help B.C. researchers chart kelp beds
A serendipitous meeting between a professor and a colleague last year led to a treasure trove of historical maps indicating kelp bed locations off British Columbia's coast, helping experts understand the changes in the ocean's rainforests.
Alberta to ease oil production cut again, cites lower storage levels
Premier Rachel Notley says Alberta will again ease mandatory oil production cuts due to lower storage levels.
Trudeau names Bibeau first female agriculture minister, MacAulay to veterans affairs
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making longtime MP Lawrence MacAulay his new veterans affairs minister to fill the void left by the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould as part of a minor cabinet shuffle this morning.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set to shuffle cabinet on Friday: source
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to shuffle the federal cabinet on Friday, March 01, 2019, as he looks to fill the void left by the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould, a senior government source confirmed on Thursday, February 28, 2019, evening.
Liberals to introduce bill to provide no-cost pardons for simple pot crimes
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the government will soon bring in legislation to provide pardons for anyone convicted of pot possession before the drug's legalization last year.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley to speak to Senate committee on energy projects
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is to make her case in person to a Senate committee studying proposed legislation that would change how major energy projects are approved.
Liberals' bump in child benefits fuels poverty rate drop, Statistics Canada says
The national statistics office says fewer children are living in poverty and it is connecting the drop to the Liberal government's signature child benefit.
Trudeau looking forward to Wilson-Raybould testimony on SNC-Lavalin controversy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it was important to waive solicitor-client privilege and cabinet confidentiality to allow former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to tell her side of the SNC-Lavalin story before a parliamentary committee.