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Alberta COVID-19 testing and isolation recommendations changing this spring
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta Health announced that COVID-19 testing and isolation recommendations are set to change effective April 1, 2023.In a series of tweets on March 22, 2023, Alberta Health indicated ...
Mar 23, 2023
Letter from Premier Smith to Prime Minister Trudeau
Officials with the Governrment of Alberta say Premier Danielle Smith has sent the following letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, requesting he focus on Canada's unique relationship with the United...
Mar 23, 2023
Nebraska trans health bill advances, despite filibuster vow
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Legislature voted Thursday to advance a contentious bill that seeks to ban gender-affirming care for minors, despite threats from two lawmakers that they would filibu...
Mar 23, 2023
Regimental funeral for EPS Constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan
The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) will honour the service and sacrifice of Constable Travis Jordan and Constable Brett Ryan, who were recently killed in the line of duty, with a regimental funeral and...
Mar 23, 2023
Feds: Woman charged in Wyoming clinic fire opposes abortion
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A woman accused of setting fire last year to a Wyoming abortion clinic that was under construction told investigators that she opposes abortion and was experiencing anxiety and n...
Mar 23, 2023
Red Deer's "Books on the Bus" program relaunches
Bins with free books for public transit riders will once again be available on over 20 Red Deer Transit buses, says the Red Deer Public Library. Officials say the initiative originally launched in 201...
Mar 23, 2023
EU leaders endorse joint ammo purchases for Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union leaders have endorsed a plan for sending Ukraine 1 million rounds of artillery ammunition within the next 12 months to help the country counter Russia's invasion forces....
Mar 23, 2023
Alberta's population on the rise
It was down from the near-record set in the third quarter, but interprovincial migration to Alberta remained high over the last three months of 2022.That according to ATB Economics, Rob Roach, who say...
Mar 23, 2023
Trudeau mulls response to 'appalling and abhorrent' Uganda LGBTQ death-penalty bill
OTTAWA, Kan. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on Uganda to repeal legislation the East African country passed this week to bring in a death penalty targeting members of the LGBTQ community. ...
Mar 23, 2023
Sex assault victim of ex-PQ legislator Harold LeBel wants her identity made public
RIMOUSKI, Que. - The victim in the sexual assault case involving ex-Parti Qubcois member Harold LeBel has asked a judge to lift a publication ban on her identity. The woman asked Quebec Superior Court...
Mar 23, 2023