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Canadian Premier League raises minimum wage, rejigs salary structure
TORONTO - The Canadian Premier League is rejigging its salary structure and increasing its minimum player salary for next season. The minimum salary in 2023 will be $30,000, up from $22,000 this seaso...
Nov 08, 2022

Town of Ponoka Snow and Ice Control Update
The Town of Ponoka says snow and ice control crews are actively clearing snow, as well as sanding and salting roadways throughout the community.They say crews are also salting, sanding and clearing sn...
Nov 08, 2022

Extreme cold weather and our vulnerable neighbours
Extreme winter weather is putting lives at risk. Neighbours struggling with homelessness are in real danger of exposure, frostbite, and hypothermia.The Mustard Seed takes every precaution to make sure...
Nov 08, 2022

Fire services grants aim to strengthen public safety
Alberta's government says it is reinstating fire services training grants to help fire departments across the province better protect their communities.The government says Albertans rely on firefighte...
Nov 08, 2022

Red Deer Polytechnic's Director for Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing accepts provincial award
Dr. Tonya Wolfe, Director of the Centres for Manufacturing and Energy Innovation at Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP), recently accepted an ASTech Award in Women in Manufacturing.The ASTech Awards, announced...
Nov 08, 2022

World Series, football dominate week's TV ratings
NEW YORK (AP) - Here are the 20 most-watched programs in prime-time television for the week of Oct. 31-Nov. 6, according to the Nielsen company. 1. NFL Football: Tennessee at Kansas City, NBC, 17.69 m...
Nov 08, 2022

First Nations and Inuit Policing Program expanding into Nunavut
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A national policing program aimed at serving Indigenous communities is expanding to Nunavut. Through the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program, new RCMP officers are to be hired ...
Nov 08, 2022

Preliminary hearing scheduled for trio charged in alleged assault
A preliminary hearing has been set for next year for three men charged with attempted murder in an alleged assault at Maskwacis earlier this year.Connor Diamond Royce Saddleback, 28, of the Montana Fi...
Nov 08, 2022

Canadian moguls king Mikael Kingsbury gears up to add to his records
The smell of competition in the air still gets Mikael Kingsbury's adrenalin pumping, even after years of winning everything there is to win in his sport. The world's most accomplished moguls skier is ...
Nov 08, 2022

Quebec religious symbols ban violates equality right that can't be overridden: lawyer
MONTREAL - Lawyers for groups opposing Quebec's religious symbols ban told the province's Appeal Court today that the law violates a constitutional gender equality provision that can't be overridden b...
Nov 08, 2022