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A well-known clothing brand has recalled nearly 129 thousand sweaters and hoodies due to a flammability hazard. 

Health Canada issued a recall notice on Wednesday, urging consumers to immediately stop wearing specific Hally Hansen sweatshirts, sweaters and hoodies because the products, which incorporate brushed cotton fabrics that have undergone a specific treatment, either do not or may not comply with the textile flammability regulations. 

128,680 of the affected products have been sold in Canada since August 2019.

Jason Kenney, more than three months after stepping down as Alberta’s premier, has landed a new role as a Calgary-based adviser in law firm Bennett Jones.

Kenney, who is also a former federal cabinet minister, will work in the public policy group.

Kenney says on Twitter he looks forward to the new job and that his work won’t include lobbying the provincial government or its agencies.

He says Alberta’s ethics commissioner has signed off on his new role and Kenney says he won’t be accepting any other jobs without first checking with the commissioner.

Former Conservative interim leader and longtime Manitoba member of Parliament Candice Bergen has announced she is stepping down. 

Bergen said in a video posted to Twitter that she submitted a letter of resignation as the representative for Portage-Lisgar after meeting with her party's caucus. 

The MP said last September, after serving as interim leader of the party following the ouster of former leader Erin O'Toole, that she was not planning to run in another federal election.

Anyone wanting to book a camping or RV spot at a national park in Canada will have to wait longer than usual. 

This year, visitors will be able to begin making reservations in March. Manitoba has two campgrounds in a national park, including Moon Lake which is open year-round and the highly popular Wasagaming in Riding Mountain National Park.

This year campers will be able to make reservations for Wasagaming on March 27, including the yurt options. 

Parks Canada says visitors will be able to start booking reservations for camping and other activities at its sites across the country in March.

The reservation dates, which are posted online, are different at each national park, historic site and marine conservation area.

Parks Canada says in a statement that the bookings are a couple months later than recent years because the reservation system was getting outdated and needed some upgrades.

The agency says the system will look different from the previous one, but it will offer the same features and functions.

Politicians in charge of provincial and territorial liquor laws aren't hurrying to adopt or promote newly updated guidelines that advise a steep drop in Canadian drinking habits.

Across Canada, the responsible ministers declined interview requests from The Canadian Press. In written responses, they didn't commit to changing marketing methods for alcohol and noted they're awaiting Ottawa's lead on whether to slap warning labels on products.

January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day to commemorate those whose lives were lost in one of the world's largest genocides.

Designated by the United Nations in 2005, International Holocaust Remembrance Day is a time to mark the anniversary of the liberation of the largest death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, where roughly 1 million Jews were murdered alone. 

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Phyllis Webstad and the Orange Shirt Society have released a statement after a potential 66 more burial sites have been located in Williams Lake, B.C. 

A lead investigator has concluded that at least 28 children died on the grounds at St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School site in Williams Lake, B.C., where Webstad attended. They also identified 66 more potential burial sites.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s promise to assemble a panel of medical experts to deliver ongoing advice on public health and COVID-19 will be covered off by former Reform Party Leader Preston Manning’s pandemic review, her office said Wednesday.

“The central role of the (Manning) panel will be to review legislation and recommend amendments to better enable the province to respond to future health emergencies,” Smith’s spokesman Taylor Hides said in a statement, responding to questions on when the science panel would be announced.

Oilsands executives insist they are all in on cutting emissions and will make big investments in green technology, but they maintain there isn't a place to invest that money yet.

Many companies are coming off a year of windfall profits not because they pumped out more product, but because the war in Ukraine and global supply chain crunches pushed world oil prices way up.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has said repeatedly over the last year that the companies need to prove their commitment by putting some of that cold hard cash into climate initiatives.