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Central Alberta Pregnancy Care Centre hires new CEO
The Central Alberta Pregnancy Care Centre (CAPCC) is pleased to announce that Lisa Smith is the new Executive Director effective December 1, 2020. Lisa has been with the CAPCC for the past five years ...
Dec 09, 2020
Nature Conservancy of Canada’s 26th annual green gifts program
We all know people who begin shopping for the holidays in summer and who post about their great finds on social media before the snow even flies! In years past, this might have seemed annoyingly effic...
Dec 09, 2020
Lametti questions Conservatives' sincerity in wanting to protect vulnerable
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says Conservatives have no interest in improving a bill on assisted dying, they just want to stop it. The Conservatives have been talking out the clock on Bill ...
Dec 09, 2020
Rocky councillor defends stance on masking
A Rocky Mountain House man is raising concerns over a town councillor's remarks regarding face coverings.Shea Loucks says Councillor Jason Alderson has made wild claims about mask wearing, such as mas...
Dec 09, 2020
CBSA manager told not to take notes after Meng arrest in case of access request
VANCOUVER - A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency says she was instructed not to take notes after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou - an arrest that will be under court scr...
Dec 09, 2020
Battle lines drawn for first ministers' meeting on health care
OTTAWA - Premiers aren't expecting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to agree immediately to their demand for at least $28 billion more each year for health care. First ministers are scheduled to meet via...
Dec 09, 2020
Hunter Biden facing federal investigation over 'tax affairs'
WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter said Wednesday that he has learned from federal prosecutors that his tax affairs are under investigation. The investigation by the Delaware U....
Dec 09, 2020
Report finds decline in shelter use for women fleeing violence during pandemic
EDMONTON, AB - Families living in violence are reaching out less to shelters during the COVID-19 pandemic than before the health crisis hit.That's according to the 2020 Shelter Snapshot from the Alber...
Dec 09, 2020
Permanent fishway to be built at Fraser River landslide: Fisheries and Oceans
VANCOUVER - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has awarded a contract that would see a permanent fishway built to help fish migrate past a massive landslide on a remote stretch of British Columbia's ...
Dec 09, 2020
Quebec tables bill to give families of missing Indigenous children access to records
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has introduced legislation that would allow relatives of Indigenous children who disappeared or died after being admitted to health-care facilities to obtain informati...
Dec 09, 2020