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1 dead, 9 injured after multi-vehicle pileup on Highway 2 near Crossfield: RCMP

Mounties say a multi-vehicle collision Tuesday night was fatal and has closed a stretch of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway north of Airdrie. RCMP said around 10:10 p.m. police responded to a crash that had upwards of 20 vehicles involved. The crash took place on Highway 2, north of Veterans Boulevard at Highway 72 in …

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Liberals ditch gun law reform critics said would ban hunting rifles – National

Liberals ditch gun law reform critics said would ban hunting rifles – National

The government has withdrawn a controversial amendment to its proposed firearm legislation — one that critics warned could have restricted access to hunting rifles. The Liberal amendment to gun law reform Bill C-21, which was tabled in a committee meeting in November, faced questions about how far it would have expanded the scope of weapons

Woman seriously injured after crash involving car, transport truck in Burlington

A 52-year-old woman was seriously injured after a crash involving a car and a transport truck in Burlington on Monday, according to police. Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said the crash happened on eastbound Highway 403 leading to Fairview Street. Schmidt said the vehicle was standing on the side of the road “relatively slowly” …

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Medicago to cease operations in Quebec, scuttling COVID-19 vaccine production plans

Medicago to cease operations in Quebec, scuttling COVID-19 vaccine production plans

Medicago will be shutting down its COVID-19 vaccine project in Quebec after its sole shareholder decided to no longer invest in the company, the company announced Thursday. With the Japan-based Mitsubishi Chemical Group deciding to “proceed with an orderly wind-up of its business operations in Canada and the United States,” Medicago announced the group would