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Court rules Manitoba's public-sector wage-freeze bill violates Charter
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba court has struck down key parts of a provincial government bill aimed at freezing the wages of public-sector workers. Queen's Bench Justice Joan McKelvey says the bill is draconi...
Jun 11, 2020
Alberta officially ends agency created to launch green rebates and programs
EDMONTON - Alberta is officially turning out the lights on Energy Efficiency Alberta (EEA), an agency created by the former NDP government to promote green initiatives and home rebates.Grant Hunter, a...
Jun 11, 2020
Court: Michigan Great Lakes tunnel deal constitutional
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that legislators did not violate the state constitution by allowing construction of an oil pipeline tunnel beneath a channel linking...
Jun 11, 2020
Red Deer soccer returns starting next week
City soccer organizers are excited to capitalize on the fact their sport is one of the few that can hit the ground running under the next phase of the province's return from the COVID-19 pandemic. Sta...
Jun 11, 2020
Missing therapy dog believed stolen
A woman living in north Red Deer is making a desperate plea for the safe return of her missing dog.Sharon Roberts ordered pizza for dinner on May 30 and while the delivery person was at her Normandeau...
Jun 11, 2020
Man sentenced for 2018 kidnapping in Red Deer
A local man is to spend two more years behind bars for a kidnapping incident in Red Deer.It was shortly before 7 a.m. on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 when Red Deer RCMP responded to a gas station on 39...
Jun 11, 2020
Statistics Canada asks parents to share their COVID-19 experiences
OTTAWA - If you are a parent whose friends and family are tired of hearing you vent about the challenges of juggling work and child-rearing during COVID-19, the federal statistics agency wan...
Jun 11, 2020
CFL players take to twitter to express their frustration with Ambrosie
Brian Ramsay and the CFL Players' Association have run out of patience with commissioner Randy Ambrosie. Ramsay, the CFLPA's executive director, and a host of CFL players took to twitter Thursday...
Jun 11, 2020
EA Sports providing sound at fill empty soccer stadiums in England, Spain
The fans may be missing but their voices will be heard as Spain's LaLiga and England's Premier League get back on the pitch. Broadcasters have been working with EA Sports, using audio from its FIFA vi...
Jun 11, 2020
Historical figures under attack after George Floyd's death
The rapidly unfolding movement to pull down Confederate monuments around the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd's death has extended to statues of slave traders, imperialists and explorers around the wo...
Jun 11, 2020