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Confusion, frustration abound as feds weigh options for $900M student program
OTTAWA - Anxious students and non-profit groups say they're confused and frustrated as they wait to hear what will happen to the $900-million volunteering program previously administered by the W...
Jul 09, 2020

Changes being made to make it easier for parents to pass on Canadian citizenship
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is updating the interpretation of "parent" to make it easier for some parents to pass Canadian citizenship on to their children. Previously, children born abroad to Can...
Jul 09, 2020

48 Street and 53 Avenue intersection receiving welcome improvements
The intersection at 48 Street and 53 Avenue, located behind the Subway restaurant in Rocky Mountain House, has often been a complaint from locals, but now it will finally be seeing an upgrade.Currentl...
Jul 09, 2020

With training camps on the horizon, NHL teams hope to keep COVID-19 at bay
The NHL's plan appears robust and detailed. Once players enter so-called "bubbles" in two hub cities later this month as part of the league's blueprint to resuscitate its pandemic-halte...
Jul 09, 2020

Pandemic allowing Lions running back Moore to devote time to painting
TORONTO - Wayne Moore has had no trouble staying busy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The uncertainty surrounding the 2020 CFL season has allowed the B.C. Lions running back to devote more time to ...
Jul 09, 2020

Police chiefs call for decriminalization of personal drug use
OTTAWA - Canada's police chiefs are calling for decriminalization of personal possession of illicit drugs as the best way to battle substance abuse and addiction. The Canadian Associati...
Jul 09, 2020

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was returned to federal prison, weeks after his early release to serve the remainder of his sentence at home becaus...
Jul 09, 2020

Canada's response on tariffs won't be restricted by terms of USMCA: negotiator
WASHINGTON - Canada's chief trade negotiator says the new North American trade deal won't limit the federal government's options if it is forced to retaliate against U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum...
Jul 09, 2020

Police: Mother admits to starving daughter, dumping body
SILVER SPRING, Md. - A Maryland woman accused of starving her 15-month-old daughter for more than three weeks has been charged with first-degree murder in the toddler's death, police said Thursday. Ki...
Jul 09, 2020

Country musician Charlie Daniels honoured at memorial service
MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. - Country Music Hall of Fame musician Charlie Daniels received military honours at a memorial service in Tennessee on Wednesday night. The country music icon, who penned the hit "T...
Jul 09, 2020