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Auditor finds $2.4B in unpaid student loans, calls for stronger recovery efforts
OTTAWA - Canada's auditor general is calling for the federal government to step up its recovery of outstanding student loans to keep taxpayers from being left on the hook. In a report tabled in P...
Jul 08, 2020
Registration for lane swimming at Michener pool starts Thursday
RED DEER- Lane swimming at the Michener Aquatic Centre starts July 13, with registration starting Thursday.All users must reserve a spot for lane swimming, either online or via phone, no drop-in is pe...
Jul 08, 2020
Singh calls on Trudeau to address systemic racism in police forces
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says if the Rideau Hall intruder had been a person of colour the outcome would have been different. Military reservist and Manitoba businessman Corey Hurren...
Jul 08, 2020
U.S., Mexican presidents meeting at White House to talk USMCA, without Canada
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is meeting today with his Mexican counterpart to celebrate North America's new trade deal - without Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declined to join...
Jul 08, 2020
Supreme Court sides with Trump in birth control opt-out case
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is siding with the Trump administration in its effort to allow more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women as required by the Affordable Care A...
Jul 08, 2020
Coppola and Henson companies get loans for winery, puppetry
LOS ANGELES - From a godfather of cinema to Kermit the Frog, the U.S. government's small-business lending program sent money into unexpected corners of the entertainment industry. While legendary name...
Jul 08, 2020
Ottawa invests $6 million in clean technology for Alberta's natural resources sectors
EDMONTON- Seamus O'Regan, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, has announced an investment of $6 million, as part of the Canadian Emissions Reduction Innovation Network (CERIN) initiative, to the P...
Jul 08, 2020
Harvard, MIT sue to block ICE rule on international students
BOSTON - Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the Trump administration's decision to bar international students from staying i...
Jul 08, 2020
Border agency failing to promptly remove many people from Canada, auditor says
OTTAWA - The federal auditor general says Canada's border agency has failed to promptly remove most of the people under orders to leave the country. In a report tabled in Parliament today, the auditor...
Jul 08, 2020
Alberta RCMP detachments to resume limited front counter services
EDMONTON- Starting Thursday, July 9, RCMP detachments will resume some front counter services.Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the force announced back in March that they would be temporarily limiting in...
Jul 08, 2020