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Federal infrastructure bank can't meet funding plans without spending spree, PBO says
OTTAWA - A new report by the parliamentary budget officer says a federal infrastructure financing agency may not meet its near-term plan to more quickly fund projects to aid in an economic recovery. A...
Apr 28, 2021
Local teacher in the running for $20,000 technology grant
A Red Deer teacher is the only Canadian in the running for a huge prize of $20,000 and the title of 2020/21 NHL/NHLPA Most Valuable Teacher, presented by SAP (Systems, Applications, and Products in Da...
Apr 28, 2021
Truck and log splitter stolen from Innisfail area farm
Mounties are putting a call out to help find a truck stolen from a central Alberta farm.On April 27, Innisfail RCMP responded to a report that a 2001 White Chevrolet Silverado (extended cab, long box)...
Apr 28, 2021
Glaciers getting smaller, faster — especially in North America, study finds
A new study is using millions of satellite images to generate a clearer picture of the fate of the world's glaciers than ever before. Study co-author Brian Menounos of the University of Northern Briti...
Apr 28, 2021
Nova Scotia under lockdown while Ontario takes steps to relieve strained hospitals
A full shutdown took effect in Nova Scotia on Wednesday in an effort to rein in surging COVID-19 cases, while Ontario enacted more measures aimed at relieving its overburdened hospitals. The lockdown ...
Apr 28, 2021
Statistics Canada says retail sales up 4.8% in February
Canadian retail sales climbed in February, boosted by sales at new car dealerships, gas stations and clothing stores, but economists cautioned the pandemic's third wave will again dent sales.Statistic...
Apr 28, 2021
Connecticut is 6th state to end religious vaccine exemption
Connecticut will no longer allow religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools and day care facilities, becoming the sixth state to end that policy. The legislation, signed ...
Apr 28, 2021
Astronaut Michael Collins, Apollo 11 pilot, dead of cancer
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the ship from which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left to make their historic first steps on the moon in 1969, died Wednesday of cancer, his family sa...
Apr 28, 2021
Hundreds of travellers landing in Canada test positive for COVID-19 variants
OTTAWA - More than 2,000 people returning to Canada since mandatory hotel quarantines began have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than a quarter of them were infected with a variant of concern. T...
Apr 28, 2021
Running back Chuba Hubbard patiently waiting to hear his name called at '21 NFL draft
Chuba Hubbard is ready to finally know where his pro football career will begin. For months, the native of Sherwood Park, Alta., has been working out, undergoing testing and conducting numerous virtua...
Apr 28, 2021