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OTTAWA — A top Trump administration adviser on telecommunications met Monday with officials in Ottawa as Canada continues working on whether to allow Chinese firm Huawei to participate in its new 5G wireless internet network. The U.S.

Castor town council tweaked the fire chief’s role and dealt with several other items at their regular council meeting Feb. 24.

Town of Castor councillors will lower the price of a lot that has been described as too expensive by prospective buyers. Council discussed the issue at their Feb. 24 regular meeting.

Big Valley village council may tweak the way it handles utility billing. The issue was discussed at the Feb. 27 regular meeting of council.

Castor town council decided at their Feb. 24 regular meeting to examine how other communities handle sea cans in residential areas, after a local resident asked the town to approve them for storage use.

The Consort RCMP detachment is trying its best to get members into local communities, but the NCO says homes aren’t always easy to come by. Consort acting commander Cpl. Chad Salmi spoke to Castor town council at their regular meeting Feb. 24.

Three of 11 alleged bike gang members arrested in January are set to reappear in Prince Albert Provincial Court.

WASHINGTON — The federal government and the United States are communicating "almost daily" in a collective effort to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus north of the border and across North America, Canada's foreign affairs minister said Mon

GRANBY, Que. — The father and stepmother of a slain seven-year-old Quebec girl will head straight to trial after they waived their right to a preliminary hearing, a court heard Monday.

OTTAWA — Military search-and-rescue personnel were delayed and in some cases unable to provide emergency assistance on about one in 20 of the hundreds of calls they received last year, according to a new Defence Department report.