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New art piece in Lacombe acknowledges roots of the land and reconciliation
A new art piece in Lacombe will hopefully be seen as a gesture of reconciliation, an official with the municipality says.'Miweyihtowin' -- meaning 'affinity for one another' -- was unveiled Saturday d...
Sep 27, 2020
Parliament Hill security increased after reports of harassment
OTTAWA - The security service charged with protecting Parliament Hill says it is stepping up its presence in the area following several recent reports of harassment. The Parliamentary Protective Servi...
Sep 27, 2020
$7 million saved in City of Red Deer restructuring
The City of Red Deer has instituted a revamped organizational structure that, in the end, will save the municipality around $7 million.Effective Oct. 1, The City will reduce the number of divisions re...
Sep 27, 2020
Red Deer backs AUMA resolution asking for help with financial sustainability
The City of Red Deer seconded one resolution at this year's annual conference of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA).The resolution put forward by The City of Edmonton, which was adopt...
Sep 27, 2020
Alexie, Pilkey books among most 'challenged' of past decade
NEW YORK - Toni Morrison is on the list. So are John Green and Harper Lee. And John Steinbeck and Margaret Atwood. All wrote books that were among the 100 most subjected to censorship efforts over the...
Sep 27, 2020
Visits suspended at federal prisons in Quebec to prevent potential COVID spread
MONTREAL - The Correctional Service of Canada says it is suspending visits to federal prisons in Quebec to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19. The agency says temporary absences and wo...
Sep 27, 2020
Fighting erupts between Armenia, Azerbaijan; 16 killed
YEREVAN, Armenia - Fighting erupted anew Sunday between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh and a top territorial official said 16 people were kille...
Sep 27, 2020
Locked-up computer systems only part of 'terrifying' ransomware scourge
TORONTO - A shadowy group of cyber criminals that attacked a prominent nursing organization and Canadian Tire store has successfully targeted other companies with clients in governments, health care, ...
Sep 27, 2020
End of CERB means uncertainty for some, new system for others
OTTAWA - In mid-March, Christine Ilott's manager broke some bad news to her: she was losing her job in live theatre as a result of the pandemic. The 47-year-old went home to her basement apartme...
Sep 27, 2020
Author says acquittal on child pornography charges allows him to 'breathe again'
A Quebec author acquitted last week of child pornography charges in connection with passages in a horror novel says he - and fiction writers across the country - can "breathe again." Yv...
Sep 27, 2020