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Firearm-rights group challenges Liberal assault-style gun ban in Federal Court
OTTAWA - A firearm-rights group is challenging the constitutionality of the Liberal government's recent ban of many assault-style guns in Federal Court. The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights ...
May 27, 2020
Boeing slashes 12,000 jobs as virus seizes travel industry
Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry. And the aircraft maker says more cuts are coming. One of the nation's bigges...
May 27, 2020
No property tax rate increase for Sylvan Lakers
Tax rates will remain the same for property owners in the Town of Sylvan Lake this year. On Monday, council gave second and third readings to the 2020 Property Tax Bylaw which will see municipal prope...
May 27, 2020
2020 tax rate approved in Lacombe
Property owners in Lacombe may only see a modest increase to their taxes this year.On Monday, city council approved the annual property tax bylaw, which includes an average tax increase of one per cen...
May 27, 2020
NASA chief "all in" for Tom Cruise to film on space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is rolling out the International Space Station's red carpet for Tom Cruise to make a movie in orbit. The space agency's administrator, Jim Bridenstine, said before Wednesda...
May 27, 2020
Sylvan Lake man accused of child luring
Sylvan Lake RCMP have charged a 38-year-old male with luring a child following a complaint received on May 19 of an adult male texting a teenage female."The RCMP launched an investigation and determin...
May 27, 2020
Glazed or jelly? Doughnuts lure city-roaming bear into trap
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Glazed or jelly? A black bear roaming around a Florida city proved no match for the doughnuts that lured the animal into a humane trap. The Fort Myers News-Press reports that the ju...
May 27, 2020
"OK, let's make history": hybrid House of Commons convenes to debate COVID-19
OTTAWA - "OK, let's make history": with those words from the Speaker of the House of Commons, a hybrid meeting of members of Parliament is now underway. It's the first time in Canadian history that MP...
May 27, 2020
CEO pay has topped $12.3M. Can it keep rising post-pandemic?
The typical pay package for CEOs at the biggest U.S. companies topped $12.3 million last year, and the gap between the boss and their workforces widened further, according to AP's annual survey of exe...
May 27, 2020
Auger-Aliassime announces return to action in Ultimate Tennis Showdown
Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime is set to return to action next month. Auger-Aliassime announced Wednesday that he will take part in the Ultimate Tennis Showdown, which is scheduled to star...
May 27, 2020