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Sylvan Lake Advanced Ambulatory Care to close at 2 p.m April 21
Due to an unexpected gap in physician coverage, the Sylvan Lake Advanced Ambulatory Care Service (SLAACS) will have to close early Friday afternoon. Officials with Alberta Health Services (AHS) say th...
Apr 21, 2023
Judge in Prince Rupert, B.C., strikes arguments as 'stupid' in contempt case
PRINCE RUPERT - A provincial court judge in Prince Rupert, B.C., has sentenced a 46-year-old man to a year in jail for contempt of court, ruling he tried to circumvent the justice system with "pseudo-...
Apr 21, 2023
Strike leaves military heating, wastewater plants without sufficient staff
OTTAWA - The union representing Defence Department employees says the government dropped the ball by not declaring staff at heating and wastewater plants on several military bases as essential workers...
Apr 21, 2023
Canadian Premier League teams wrap up busy first week facing familiar foes
It's more of the same in the Canadian Premier League this weekend as York United FC hosts Vancouver FC and Pacific FC entertains Cavalry FC. The two games - in Toronto on Saturday and Langford, B.C., ...
Apr 21, 2023
Veterans warned of longer wait times due to federal public service strike
OTTAWA - Ill and injured veterans are being warned they could face longer-than-expected wait times in accessing certain benefits and services due to the federal public service strike. Veterans Affairs...
Apr 21, 2023
Bergeron doesn't travel with Bruins for games in Florida
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Boston captain Patrice Bergeron did not accompany the Bruins on their trip to Florida for Games 3 and 4 of an Eastern Conference first-round series with the Panthers. He missed Ga...
Apr 21, 2023
Alberta appoints former United Conservative Party leadership candidate to AIMCo board
CALGARY, AB - The Alberta government has appointed a candidate who ran for the leadership of the United Conservative Party last year to the board of a Crown corporation with billions of dollars in ass...
Apr 21, 2023
Discredited Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond voluntarily returns another honorary degree
FREDERICTON - Former judge and law professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, whose claims of Indigenous ancestry have been discredited, has returned another honorary degree. A statement from Kim Fenwick, th...
Apr 21, 2023
Vancouver officer testifies about efforts to resuscitate Myles Gray after beating
BURNABY, B.C. - A Vancouver police officer told a coroner's inquest that "time was standing still" as they waited for advanced life support paramedics to arrive and help revive 33-year-old Myles Gray ...
Apr 21, 2023
Two people injured at Dene High School in La Loche, Sask., one in custody
LA LOCHE, Sask. - Two people have been injured at Dene High School in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche. The Northern Lights School Division says the two individuals are being treated an...
Apr 21, 2023