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Election sign vandals face charges if caught
Attention has been drawn to the vandalism of election signs this week after several incidents around the province, including in Edmonton, Calgary and Red Deer.It was over the weekend that a number of ...
Mar 28, 2019 An Alberta NDP sign for candidates Kim Schreiner and Rachel Notley was defaced along Taylor Drive in Red Deer over the weekend of Mar. 23-25. Credit: Torry Hartzler-Reichenbacher
Notley say she'll hire more teachers, build more schools
EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is promising to hire nearly 1,000 more teachers this fall if her party returns to power after the April 16 election.Notley says an additional 15,000 student...
Mar 28, 2019 Rachel Notley (CP)
Movie set materials cited in firefighter's death in NYC
NEW YORK - Highly combustible materials used to turn a former jazz club into a movie set contributed to the death of a veteran New York City firefighter last year, according to a fire department repor...
Mar 28, 2019
Cannabis banking bill advances in US House committee
DENVER - Legislation that would provide federal protection for financial institutions that serve state-authorized marijuana and ancillary businesses passed a U.S. House committee on Thursday. The Hous...
Mar 28, 2019
Manitoba government to pull nurses ad that union says is demeaning to women
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is pulling a series of advertisements aimed at recruiting nurses after one of the images was criticized as being sexist and patronizing. The ads have been online sin...
Mar 28, 2019
Stewart homers in 10th to lead Tigers over Blue Jays in season opener
TORONTO - Christin Stewart hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning and the Detroit Tigers opened their season with a 2-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday, following a tight pitching duel...
Mar 28, 2019
Wells Fargo CEO Sloan steps down after rocky tenure
NEW YORK - Wells Fargo's CEO Tim Sloan stepped down Thursday, after a rocky tenure during which the deeply troubled bank dealt with a seemingly unending wave of scandals. Sloan said in a statement he ...
Mar 28, 2019
FCA to cut Windsor auto assembly shift in fall at loss of 1,500 jobs
WINDSOR, Ont. - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles says it plans to cut the third shift at its Windsor, Ont., assembly plant later this year at a cost of about 1,500 jobs. The move to end the shift starting Se...
Mar 28, 2019
Krzyzewski, Williams watching Canadian 'invasion' of NCAA with interest
WASHINGTON - Count Mike Krzyzewski and Buzz Williams among those watching the rise of Canada's basketball talent with great interest. Both coaches will have an impact Canadian on the floor when Duke a...
Mar 28, 2019
Ontario's highest court sets 15-day cap on solitary confinement
TORONTO - Ontario's top court has placed a hard cap on solitary confinement in prisons, saying inmates can no longer be isolated for more than 15 days because that amounts to cruel...
Mar 28, 2019