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Feds offer of help on sick leave, long-term care gets mixed provincial reaction
OTTAWA - The Team Canada spirit that has prevailed among first ministers during the COVID-19 crisis will be put to the test today as Justin Trudeau broaches with premiers two topics that fal...
May 28, 2020
Winfrey, Pitt part of Grammys special for essential workers
NEW YORK - The Grammys is putting together an event featuring Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, Herbie Hancock and Harry Connick, Jr. to honour essential workers across America. The Recording Academy, which p...
May 28, 2020
Moscow updates coronavirus statistics to show more deaths
MOSCOW - Health officials in Moscow updated their figures on coronavirus deaths Thursday, seeking to dispel doubts about Russia's comparatively low COVID-19 death toll. The health department in the Ru...
May 28, 2020
US layoffs climb to 41 million, despite business reopenings
WASHINGTON - An estimated 2.1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week despite the gradual reopening of businesses around the country, bringing the running total since the coronav...
May 28, 2020
Two men charged in 2019 Grande Prairie homicide, one at large
Alberta RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in locating one of two men charged with first degree murder in relation to the death of a 28-year-old man in Grande Prairie last October. Two arrest...
May 28, 2020
Easing liability rules for Twitter, Facebook could backfire on U.S.: Geist
WASHINGTON - Experts say President Donald Trump's bid to defend free expression on the Internet could end up having the opposite effect - and even put the United States offside in its new trade agreem...
May 28, 2020
Man arrested twice in two days in Buck Lake now under house arrest
A man who was arrested in the Buck Lake area twice in two days last week is now under house arrest.On May 22, the Central Alberta Crime Reduction Unit was in the Buck Lake area when they located a veh...
May 28, 2020
Duclos reminds cabinet colleagues to be transparent, 'even in times of crisis'
OTTAWA - The federal minister responsible for public access to government information has reminded his cabinet colleagues of the need for transparency and accountability "even in times of crisis." In ...
May 28, 2020
Significant road infrastructure improvements to begin in Lacombe
A number of rehabilitative capital construction improvements will soon be underway in the city of Lacombe. On Monday, council approved six projects (three major and three minor) for work to begin in t...
May 28, 2020
Central Alberta man sentenced to life for murdering wife
WARNING: This story contains graphic detailsWETASKIWIN- A life sentence with no chance of parole for 17-years has been given to a Galahad area man for the murder of his wife.Brett Thomas Fenton, 31, w...
May 28, 2020