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Business, labour groups clash at Senate committee over $15 federal minimum wage
OTTAWA - The head of the country's largest private-sector union says Parliament should raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, and possibly put future increases into the hands of an independen...
May 14, 2021
The unwitting are the target of COVID-19 falsehoods online
Dr. Michelle Rockwell lost a pregnancy in December and shared her heartache with her 30,000 Instagram followers. Weeks later, she received the COVID-19 vaccine and posted about that, too. By February,...
May 14, 2021
Alberta announces $2M grant program for live music events
The provincial government says a new $2 million grant program will help Alberta's live music professionals through the pandemic and help venues find creative solutions to support musicians.The Stabili...
May 14, 2021
Fewer flights land in Canada with COVID-19 since ban on planes from India, Pakistan
OTTAWA - The number of planes landing in Canada carrying passengers with COVID-19 was cut by more than half in the two weeks after the federal government barred incoming flights from India and Pakista...
May 14, 2021
Trial date set for Ponoka man charged in Wetaskiwin murder
A one-week trial has been scheduled for a Ponoka man charged with first-degree murder in a Wetaskiwin homicide last year.Ryan Jake Applegarth, 28, will stand trial in Wetaskiwin Court of Queen's Bench...
May 14, 2021
Red Deer rental rates higher than last year, but still among country's most affordable
Despite having higher rental rates when compared to a year ago, the city of Red Deer continues to have some of the most affordable rental accommodations across the country.According to the latest Nati...
May 14, 2021
Drayton Valley RCMP Weekly Report: May 6-13
The following is a weekly report shared by the Drayton Valley RCMP Detachment for the week of May 6-13.May 610:01 a.m. - Drayton Valley - 50 Ave - Complainant reporting theft of propane overnight. Sus...
May 14, 2021
Quebec coroner hears from family of Joyce Echaquan on Day 2 of inquest
MONTREAL - More family members are taking the stand today at a coroner's inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman last year subjected to insults as she lay dying in a hospital northeast of Montre...
May 14, 2021
Supreme Court addresses issue of consent in restoring sexual-assault convictions
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has restored the convictions of a common-law couple for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl during a camping trip. The girl was accompanied by her mother, stepf...
May 14, 2021
Canadian high-school athletes face major hurdles in efforts to land scholarships
He could be the future of Canadian sprinting, the country's next Andre De Grasse. But Marcus Renford is working in a grocery store just north of Toronto that for more than a month last winter saw new ...
May 14, 2021