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Workers giving up promotions, parental leave because of Phoenix troubles; union
OTTAWA - Civil servants who transfer between federal departments or receive promotions can expect to wait more than six months for their paycheques to follow them through the Phoenix pay system, feder...
Feb 08, 2018

Repeat booze thief arrested
A Red Deer man appears in court today to face 17 separate counts of theft and one of robbery, after Red Deer RCMP arrested him as the suspect in a series of liquor store thefts going back to August. P...
Feb 08, 2018

Halifax filmmaker Cory Bowles' 'Black Cop' acquired by U.S. distributor
Halifax filmmaker Cory Bowles’ first feature - about a black man torn about his role as a police officer - has been picked up for distribution in the U.S., where he says audiences are eager for ...
Feb 08, 2018
Ancient temple left neglected as Yemen war threatens history
MARIB, Yemen - Along a narrow road in Yemen choked by natural gas tankers and heavily armed soldiers lies an ancient temple neglected and threatened in a nation now at war. The Awwam Temple links a re...
Feb 08, 2018
Mars on Earth: Simulation tests in remote desert of Oman
DHOFAR DESERT, Oman - Two scientists in spacesuits, stark white against the auburn terrain of desolate plains and dunes, test a geo-radar built to map Mars by dragging the flat box across the rocky sa...
Feb 08, 2018

Wynn case raises question: When do investors need to know?
NEW YORK - When should a company have to tell investors that a top executive is facing sexual misconduct allegations? The question comes as Wynn Resorts is being rocked by the resignation of Steve Wyn...
Feb 08, 2018

2018 home building season underway in Red Deer
RED DEER- CMHC is out with January housing start numbers in Red Deer. Work began on 16 single family or multiple unit homes to start 2018. That is three less than January of 2017. Elsewhere, Lethbridg...
Feb 08, 2018
Mueller memos illustrate media's great divide
NEW YORK - If Sean Hannity had been working in the 1970s, his Fox News Channel colleague Geraldo Rivera believes that President Richard Nixon would have never needed to resign because of the Watergate...
Feb 08, 2018
Extension for women filing claims in historic RCMP sexual harassment settlement
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge has granted an extension for women who were sexually harassed while working for the RCMP to file their claims for compensation. Judge Ann Marie McDonald extended the dea...
Feb 08, 2018

Nova Scotia's premier says he's concerned by Alberta-B.C. pipeline dispute
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil says he’s concerned over increasing inter-provincial tensions around the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Following a cabinet meeting Thursday,...
Feb 08, 2018