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Carve-outs to mandatory hotel quarantine announced for temporary foreign workers
OTTAWA - Temporary foreign workers will continue to be exempt from mandatory hotel quarantines if they are asymptomatic upon arrival in Canada and have private transport to their work sites. But those...
Mar 16, 2021
With limited cap room, Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin not likely to be active at deadline
MONTREAL - Marc Bergevin isn't expecting to go hunting for major reinforcements ahead of the trade deadline, mainly due to being tight against the salary cap. During a midseason review, the Montreal C...
Mar 16, 2021
'She was one of a kind:' Friend of Alberta teen killed in school says she loved art
EDMONTON - A friend of a 17-year-old student who died after being attacked at her school says the girl had a heart of gold and is dearly missed by her friends. Dylan Thomas Pountney, 19, has been char...
Mar 16, 2021
Toronto FC signs general manager Ali Curtis to a multi-year contract extension
Toronto FC has signed general manager Ali Curtis to a multi-year contract extension. The 42-year-old Curtis joined Toronto in January 2019 in the wake of Tim Bezbatchenko's departure to run his hometo...
Mar 16, 2021
Lacombe council takes a pass on Speed Safety Assessment
Lacombe city council has hit the brakes on a recommendation to undertake a Speed Safety Assessment for the community.Council voted last week to accept for information only, a recommendation to endorse...
Mar 16, 2021
US: Despite threats, foreign hackers didn't disrupt election
Russia and Iran sought to influence the outcome of last November's presidential election, but U.S. intelligence officials found no evidence that any foreign actor changed votes or otherwise disrupted ...
Mar 16, 2021
Be COVID-19 smart on St. Patrick's Day, officials urge; some tighten restrictions
TORONTO - Officials across Canada are relying on common sense and added restrictions in some cases rather than on the traditional luck of the Irish to keep St. Patrick's Day from becoming a COVID-19 s...
Mar 16, 2021
In a season of uncertainty, Moore-Towers, Marinaro excited to get back on ice
Since the world championships were wiped out a year ago by COVID-19, it's been a stop-and-start season of cancellations and uncertainty for Canadian figure skaters. How crazy has it been? The world ch...
Mar 16, 2021
Lacombe student receives Soroptimist award for volunteer leadership
Brianna Ericson of Lacombe, a longtime supporter of A Better World, has received the regional Violet Richardson Award from Soroptimist International of Central Alberta for 2021. In addition to the $50...
Mar 16, 2021
At work, rest or play, fishing has always remained a real obsession for Dave Mercer
When Dave Mercer was in high school, a poster adorned his locker. But it wasn't of a big-name pro athlete or a favourite actor. Rather, it was of pro angler Hank Parker with his '89 Bassmasters Classi...
Mar 16, 2021