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Premier Kenney looks to scrap oil-by-rail deal
EDMONTON- Premier Jason Kenney says his government has begun negotiations to try to offload crude-by-rail contracts signed by the former NDP government.The United Conservative Party promised during th...
Jun 12, 2019
Charges pending in Edmonton students erratic ride home, from school
EDMONTON- Charges are pending against an Edmonton school bus driver after she allegedly drove her bus over a curb, knocked over a street sign and stopped in the middle of the road.Police say there wer...
Jun 12, 2019
Trump Jr. on Capitol Hill for closed-door Senate interview
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump Jr. told reporters he has "nothing to correct" as he arrived on Capitol Hill Wednesday for a second closed-door interview with the Senate intelligence committee. Trump Jr. ma...
Jun 12, 2019
Calgary boy cut by razor blades embedded in slide
CALGARY- A Calgary family says it's in shock after a four-year-old boy was cut by disposable razor blades wedged into a playground slide.Gillian Webster says her son, James, was cut on his buttocks an...
Jun 12, 2019
UCP eyes legislation to override public sector wage talks
EDMONTON- Alberta's finance minister says the government will pass legislation if necessary to override collective bargaining agreements with unions and delay contractually mandated wage talks.The mov...
Jun 12, 2019
Edmonton psychic busted over $72,500 crystal scam
EDMONTON- Police allege there is nothing magic about a woman accused of bilking 10 people of money with a promise that a special crystal would improve their lives.Investigators say complainants were d...
Jun 12, 2019
Correction: Naval War College story
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - In a story June 10 about an investigation into the president of the U.S. Naval War College, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer was sche...
Jun 12, 2019
Athabasca County fined $300,000 for environmental breach
EDMONTON- Athabasca County has been fined $300,000 for breaking a federal environmental law.Environment Canada says the county pleaded guilty to violating Wildlife Area Regulations of the Canada Wildl...
Jun 12, 2019
RDC President Joel Ward receives National Distinguished Service Award
RED DEER- The leadership of Red Deer College President and CEO, Joel Ward, has been recognized by his peers and colleagues as he received the College and Institutes Canada (CICan) Distinguished Servic...
Jun 12, 2019 From left to right: Stuart
Cullum, President & CEO, Olds College; Joel Ward, President & CEO, Red
Deer College; and Michel Tarko, President & CEO of the Justice Institute
of British Columbia and Chair of CICan’s Board of Directors
Liberals reject most Tory amendments to environmental assessment bill
OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting most of the amendments proposed by Conservative senators to Bill C-69. A senior government official speaking on the condition of anonymity because he wasn'...
Jun 12, 2019