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Federal invasive species fund opens to new projects
VANCOUVER - The federal government is set to begin accepting proposals to spend the remaining money in a multimillion-dollar fund aimed at fighting invasive species across Canada. Fisheries Minister J...
May 26, 2023
Olymel reducing hog production in Alberta and Saskatchewan; no job cuts at Red Deer plant
Olymel says it is cutting about 80 jobs as it reduces its hog production in Western Canada.However, Casey Smit, Vice-President of Swine Production for Western Canada, says there is no intent to make s...
May 26, 2023
Trial scheduled for man charged in Sundre homicide
Trial dates have been set for a Sundre man charged in a local homicide last summer.Solaimane Elbettah, 28, is scheduled for trial from Feb. 26-March 8, 2024, in Calgary Court of King's Bench following...
May 26, 2023
Unions holds rally in Iqaluit as housing authority strike nears 70-day mark
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Northern unions are calling on the federal government to stop the use of replacement workers as a strike by unionized staff with the Iqaluit Housing Authority nears the 70-day mark....
May 26, 2023
Muslim, civil liberties groups challenge Quebec school prayer room ban in court
MONTREAL - A civil rights organization and a national Muslim advocacy group are the latest to launch a legal challenge of Quebec's decree banning prayer rooms in public schools. The National Council o...
May 26, 2023
Football Alberta makes selections for Team Alberta U18 teams
Football Alberta held its Top 100 Camp in Red Deer this past weekend in Red Deer.One group of 54 was selected to attend a final camp June 10-11 in Red Deer, with the top 40 from that camp representing...
May 26, 2023
Much-needed moisture doesn't slow seeding in Central Alberta region
Scattered showers over the last week have brought much-needed moisture to parts of the Central Alberta region.According to the latest Alberta Crop Report from AFSC and the Government of Alberta, seedi...
May 26, 2023
New system will bring families of immigrants to Canada faster: Fraser
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says the government is using a new system to bring spouses, children and parents of recent immigrants to Canada more quickly. Family members who want to move ...
May 26, 2023
Americans should be exempt from Canada's foreign housing tax, members of Congress say
WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is urging the State Department to ask that Americans be exempted from Canada's tax on foreign property owners. The group has written to Secretary of S...
May 26, 2023
GOP-led Texas House to vote Saturday on possible impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas House of Representatives will vote Saturday on whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton, an investigating panel announced Friday. The House will consider a r...
May 26, 2023