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Billboards ask "Do you want to separate?"
A political action group has launched a billboard campaign in Calgary and Edmonton that asks whether Alberta should separate from Canada. Alberta Fights Back — registered as a third-party electi...
Feb 21, 2019
UCP's Jason Kenney talks health care ahead of spring vote
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Opposition leader says a United Conservative government would seek to cut the bureaucracy that runs the health system. Jason Kenney says privately delivered care on mi...
Feb 21, 2019
AHS makes whooping cough vaccine available for pregnant women
MEDICINE HAT- A vaccine to protect women from whooping cough is now being made available for expectant mothers. Alberta Health Services announced Wednesday morning the dTap vaccine, which protects peo...
Feb 21, 2019
Lacombe County ALUS program ready for more participants
LACOMBE COUNTY- The Lacombe County Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) program, which promotes sustainable agriculture, is looking for its next group of participants for the 2019 program year. “...
Feb 21, 2019
$2-billion energy investment announced for Grande Prairie area
GRANDE PRAIRIE — Nauticol Energy says construction of the first phase of a new, methanol plant near Grande Prairie will start in 2020. Premier Rachel Notley was in Grande Prairie on Wednesday fo...
Feb 21, 2019
Veteran NHLers Ryan Spooner, Luke Scheen seek fresh starts in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - This hasn’t been the NHL season that Ryan Spooner expected. The 27-year-old forward started the year with the New York Rangers then was dealt to the Edmonton Oilers in November, only...
Feb 21, 2019
'A little baloney' in PM's claim about solicitor-client privilege on SNC-Lavalin
OTTAWA - “In the matter of solicitor-client privilege, the member opposite must know that there are real dangers of unintended consequences, particularly on the two court cases currently wending...
Feb 21, 2019
Prime minister decries profiling incident on Hill as 'anti-black racism'
HALIFAX - Justin Trudeau told an audience of African Nova Scotians on Thursday that an incident of apparent racial profiling on Parliament Hill shows that racism, unconscious bias and systemic discrim...
Feb 21, 2019
CARTOON 02-21-2019
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 02-21-2019
Feb 21, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 21
Four stories in the news for Thursday, Feb. 21 --- MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING DAUGHTER HAS DIED: POLICE A man accused of killing his daughter on her 11th birthday died in hospital on Wednesday evening, po...
Feb 21, 2019