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Corporate tax cuts now in effect in Alberta
EDMONTON- Corporations in Alberta will pay less in taxes this summer with further decreases down the line.As of Canada Day, the province's "Job Creation Tax Cut" will lower rates from 12% to 11%. On J...
Jul 02, 2019
Border Patrol head condemns agents' offensive Facebook posts
CLINT, Texas - The head of the U.S. Border Patrol on Monday slammed as "completely inappropriate" sexually explicit posts about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and comments questioning the authenti...
Jul 02, 2019
Woody Allen makes La Scala debut directing comic opera
MILAN - Woody Allen says he has "always had a warm and affectionate following in Europe," as he prepares to make his La Scala debut directing Puccini's comic one-act opera 'Gianni Schicchi.' Allen was...
Jul 02, 2019
Singer Patti LaBelle to be honoured with street naming
PHILADELPHIA - Patti LaBelle is being honoured in her hometown of Philadelphia with her very own street. A stretch of Broad Street will be renamed for the legendary soul singer during a ceremony Tuesd...
Jul 02, 2019
Chuckegg Creek wildfire 60% contained
EDMONTON- Provincial fire officials say the massive Chuckegg Creek wildfire that's forced thousands of people to flee their communities over the past two months is now considered 60% held.The blaze is...
Jul 02, 2019
Three missing in Alberta waterways
EDMONTON- It's been a deadly long weekend on Alberta's lakes and rivers.RCMP say a man in his 20s disappeared under the water at Lake Herbert in Banff National Park on Sunday when he fell off a paddle...
Jul 02, 2019
International forum: Don't expect cheap money to do it all
FRANKFURT - Stocks have risen on expectation of more help from central banks, but an international financial forum warned Sunday that the global recovery can't just rely on support from the likes of t...
Jul 02, 2019
In the news today, July 2
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, July 2 --- CANADA CELEBRATES 152ND BIRTHDAY Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a campaign-style speech focused on his Liberal government's successe...
Jul 02, 2019
Ukraine's comedian-turned-president makes North American debut in Toronto
OTTAWA - Ukraine's new president makes his North American debut in Toronto later today - more than a month before he is to visit the United States - and the country's envoy says that's no mi...
Jul 02, 2019
Global boom in natural gas is undermining climate change action: report
OTTAWA - The Global Energy Monitor says an international boom in liquefied natural gas exports is undermining global efforts to stop climate change and Canada is one of the industry's biggest pla...
Jul 02, 2019