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Cost of giving ill workers extra EI sickness benefits? $1.1 billion, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary spending watchdog says covering benefits for people who are too sick to work for up to a year would cost the federal government $1 billion more than its current program. As ...
Apr 04, 2019
Input sought on new Community Standards Bylaw
LACOMBE- The City is seeking public input on the proposed Community Standards Bylaw.It will establish regulations on how residents and businesses conduct themselves in public. The bylaw will regulate ...
Apr 04, 2019
Lacombe Police Commission Community Survey
LACOMBE- The Lacombe Police Commission has launched its 2019 Community Survey to obtain public feedback on resident satisfaction of and trust in the Lacombe Police Service. The survey will be conducte...
Apr 04, 2019
Who cleans up? No requirements to fix environmental impacts from mining: auditor
Ottawa is keeping appropriate track of how Canada's mining industry releases effluent into the country's waterways, but nobody's responsible for fixing problems when they are discovered, says the...
Apr 04, 2019
Trudeau says Wilson-Raybould, Philpott no longer Liberal caucus members
OTTAWA - Liberals are hoping to cauterize the SNC-Lavalin affair with the expulsions of Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott from the governing party's fold. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced ...
Apr 04, 2019
Upcoming April/May Events: RDC’s School of Creative Arts
RED DEER- RDC invites central Albertans to join the School of Creative Arts as creativity comes to life through captivating performances, concerts and screenings. Talented students, instructors, staff...
Apr 04, 2019
Lithuanian man flies alone on commercial plane to Italy
VILNIUS, Lithuania - A Lithuanian man flying to Italy got a pleasant surprise when he boarded the plane: He was the only passenger on the Boeing 737-800. Skirmantas Strimaitis, who was flying from cap...
Apr 04, 2019
Fast, Forward: Red Deer College Visual Arts Program Year End Exhibition
RED DEER- The Red Deer Museum & Art Gallery (MAG) will soon open the Red Deer College Visual Arts Program Year End Exhibition: Fast, Forward. It will be on view at the museum from April 6 to April...
Apr 04, 2019
Okurrr: Cardi B leads with 21 Billboard Awards nominations
NEW YORK - Cardi B is the leading contender at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards with 21 nominations. NBC and dick clark productions announced Thursday the 26-year-old rapper is up for honours including...
Apr 04, 2019
U.S. no longer needs 'improper' metal tariffs as negotiating tactic: Freeland
WASHINGTON - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the "improper" American imposition of metals tariffs as leverage in the contentious NAFTA talks is no longer required b...
Apr 04, 2019