As repairs wrap up on Bearspaw feeder main, no guarantee another rupture won’t happen

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Crews continue to work diligently to repair the Bearspaw feeder main, which ruptured for the second time on Dec. 30, 2025, City of Calgary officials say. “City and contractor crews have completed back-filling the site, and we’ve started repairing the road above the pipe,” Michael Thompson, general…

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Coalition Avenir Québec legislature member arrested for impaired driving: reports – Montreal

By Frédéric Lacroix-Couture The Canadian Press Posted January 8, 2026 9:32 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The chief whip of the Coalition Avenir Québec government says the party is considering its next steps after a legislature member was reportedly arrested for driving while impaired. Several media outlets have…

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Former Christian school director in Sask. appeals assault conviction and sentencing

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Former Christian Centre Academy director John Olubobokun is appealing his sentence and some of his earlier convictions involving the physical discipline of students in the early to mid-2000s. In July, Olubobokun was found guilty of nine counts of assault with a weapon for paddling students at the…

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Will Alberta’s public-private health approach actually reduce wait times?

The Alberta government is hoping to speed up the queue for Albertans waiting for surgery by introducing Bill 11 — legislation that would allow some doctors to work in both the public and private health-care systems simultaneously. According to the Alberta Surgical Initiative Dashboard, as of September, about 83,000 Albertans are on a surgery wait…

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