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Anticipating 2021 boom, Q4 GDP revised up slightly to 4.1%
WASHINGTON - The economy grew at a 4.1% pace in the final three months of 2020, slightly faster than first estimated, ending a year in which the overall economy, ravaged by a global pandemic, shrank m...
Feb 25, 2021
Project highlights experiences, outcomes for women's shelter clients
Officials say a pilot project that spanned a year for the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters and Dialogues in Action is coming up with some very promising results.Project Impact was started in early ...
Feb 25, 2021
Diverse group of cities have highest rates of gay households
ORLANDO, Fla. - Once known for singer Anita Bryant's anti-gay rights campaign and a ban on gay and lesbian adoptions, Florida is now home to two metro areas with among the highest concentrations of ga...
Feb 25, 2021
Bujold, Canadian teammates in isolation after camp cut short due to COVID-19 case
Eleven-time national boxing champion Mandy Bujold is in isolation in Kitchener, Ont., after the Canadian team training camp in Montreal was cut short due to a positive COVID-19 case. In a post on her ...
Feb 25, 2021
Sylvan Lake gets provincial funding for two major projects
The Town of Sylvan Lake is receiving just over $1.76 million in provincial Municipal Stimulus Program funding towards two key community projects.Town officials say the Pogadl Park, Phase 2 project wil...
Feb 25, 2021
Desmond Inquiry: psychologist describes former soldier's marital difficulties
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed his family and himself in 2017 is hearing today from the first psychologist to treat Lionel Desmond after he was medically...
Feb 25, 2021
Quebec launches COVID-19 vaccination booking system for seniors
Quebec seniors are able to book appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations today, while those in Ontario have to wait weeks for the launch of that province's booking system. The number of hospitalizations...
Feb 25, 2021
Sylvan Lake budget includes 0% municipal tax rate increase
The Town of Sylvan Lake has approved the 2021 Municipal Budget.For the second year in a row, the budget includes a 0% municipal tax rate increase for both residential and non-residential propertiesOth...
Feb 25, 2021
Justice minister to seek judge's removal after Supreme Court declines to hear appeal
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says he will seek parliamentary approval to remove a Quebec judge from the bench after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the judge's appeal. A 2012 c...
Feb 25, 2021
Ex-US Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to Nassar charged
LANSING, Mich. - Prosecutors in Michigan filed charges Thursday against a former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar. Details about the charges against Joh...
Feb 25, 2021