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Ahead of federal spending update, cities make plea to Liberals for more housing cash
OTTAWA - The mayors of Canada's biggest cities are asking the federal government to put more money in poverty-reduction measures to stamp out homelessness in their communities. The group from the Fede...
Nov 10, 2020
Province offers grants to faith-based and cultural groups to recoup COVID costs
The provincial government is looking to support groups playing social, cultural, and spiritual roles in their communities.$1-million is being offered through the new Faith-based and Cultural Facility ...
Nov 10, 2020
'Circuit breaker': Alberta considering options as COVID-19 cases continue to surge
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province is considering a short, but sharp economic lockdown that would act as a "circuit breaker'' to help reverse a recent spike in COVI...
Nov 10, 2020
Feds commit $61 million to help Indigenous communities in Manitoba fight COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa will provide more than $61 million in immediate funding to help Indigenous communities in Manitoba fight the COVID-19 pandemic.Trudeau says the new m...
Nov 10, 2020
Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault has Pan Am bronze upgraded to silver
The Lima Pan Am Games served as an important learning experience for Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault regardless of her medal's colour. She's still grateful and surprised to be getting an upgrade.&nbs...
Nov 10, 2020
US job openings rise slightly in September, hiring slips
WASHINGTON - American employers advertised slightly more jobs in September but hired fewer people as the U.S. economy struggles to recover from spring's coronavirus collapse. Job postings rose to to 6...
Nov 10, 2020
Experienced RCMP members now eligible for veterans’ licence plates in Alberta
EDMONTON, AB - The province has answered a call from the Royal Canadian Legion.Following the fatal shooting of three RCMP officers in Moncton, New Brunswick in 2014, the legion updated its definition ...
Nov 10, 2020
Province wants your say on federal 'assault-style' firearms ban
EDMONTON, AB - The Canadian government banned 1,500 types of "assault-style" firearms earlier this year, but the Alberta Government wants your feedback on firearms legislation.The Alberta Firearms Adv...
Nov 10, 2020
Notable cases where an accused was found not criminally responsible
Alek Minassian, who has admitted to planning and carrying out a 2018 van attack that killed 10 people and hurt 16 others in Toronto, is asking a judge to find him not criminally responsible for his ac...
Nov 10, 2020
How a Brazil samba school shimmied from Carnival to COVID-19
RIO DE JANEIRO - The sultry heat of the Southern Hemisphere's summer will soon be rolling into Rio de Janeiro. In a normal year, the air would whisper into Dr. Wille Baracho's ear: Carnival is coming....
Nov 10, 2020