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Enbridge solar farm near Burdett is now operational
COUNTY OF 40 MILE, AB - A large solar farm on Highway 3 west of Medicine Hat is soaking up the sun and helping power pipeline operations.Enbridge's Alberta Solar One facility is just outside Burdett, ...
Apr 06, 2021
80% of new at-home workers want to continue post-pandemic
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the ways in which many people do their jobs, and some would actually prefer that it stay that way.In February 2021, Stats Canada reported that about ...
Apr 06, 2021
ASIRT investigating fatal police-involved shooting at O’Chiese First Nation
On Saturday, April 3, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate the circumstances surrounding an officer-involved shooting that occurred that day on the O'Chiese F...
Apr 06, 2021
Toronto FC up for CONCACAF Champions League challenge of Mexico's Club Leon
Toronto FC kicks off its 2021 season in deep water Wednesday, taking on Club Leon in Mexico in the first leg of their Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League round-of-16 tie. The timing of the tournament...
Apr 06, 2021
California's Pacific Gas & Electric charged in 2019 wildfire
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California prosecutor filed 33 criminal charges Tuesday against the troubled Pacific Gas & Electric for a 2019 wildfire officials blamed on the utility. The Sonoma County di...
Apr 06, 2021
Parts of Alberta's draft school curriculum plagiarized, academic finds
CALGARY - An expert in plagiarism says parts of Alberta's proposed curriculum for kindergarten and elementary schoolchildren were copied from other sources without credit.Sarah Elaine Eaton, a profess...
Apr 06, 2021
New Catholic schools sought for Blackfalds, Red Deer, Sylvan Lake
The Board of Trustees for Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has approved the district's Three-Year Capital Plan for 2021-2022 to 2024-2025.With funding already approved for a new 6-9 school in Red De...
Apr 06, 2021
California plans to lift most pandemic restrictions June 15
SAN FRANCISCO - California plans to lift most coronavirus restrictions on businesses and workplaces June 15, with officials saying enough people should be vaccinated by then to allow for life to almos...
Apr 06, 2021
Town of Blackfalds conducting communications survey
The Town of Blackfalds is conducting a communications survey to learn how the Town can improve its communications by seeking input from residents, businesses, and neighbours in the region.According to...
Apr 06, 2021
Montreal mosque says windows broken after man shot at building with air pistol
Montreal police say they will be investigating a video posted to social media that appears to show a man shooting an air pistol at a city mosque. The Centre Communautaire Islamique Assahaba in east-en...
Apr 06, 2021