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Oilpatch wants growth policies from Alberta politicians; carbon price absent
CALGARY - The energy industry’s want list as Alberta politicians gear up for a spring election includes a doubling of the industry’s growth rate and support for six energy pipelines. ̶...
Jan 22, 2019
Liberals looking to make home-buying more affordable for millennials: Morneau
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is looking for ways to make home-buying more affordable for millennials, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Tuesday as he held pre-budget public events in the Toronto s...
Jan 22, 2019
Nova Scotia to consider citizenship status of children in provincial care
HALIFAX - Social workers in Nova Scotia are now required to consider a child’s immigration status when they are taken into care - and can even apply for citizenship on their behalf. The policy c...
Jan 22, 2019
Fun facts and figures from this year's Oscar nominations
LOS ANGELES - Some fun and interesting facts about Tuesday’s nominations for the 91st Academy Awards: - After more than 30 years and some two dozen films, Spike Lee received his first Academy Aw...
Jan 22, 2019
Oscar nominations skip Cooper for director, Mr. Rogers doc
LOS ANGELES - The rollercoaster of the 2019 awards season continued Tuesday with a batch of Oscar nominations that few could have predicted. Sure, there were some shoo-ins that made it, like “Bl...
Jan 22, 2019
Singer who won rights case against comedian exits social media following threats
MONTREAL - A singer embroiled in a legal battle with a Quebec comedian says he is shutting down his social media accounts after receiving “a significant number of hate messages,” including...
Jan 22, 2019
Feds target low-income seniors with tax mailings to boost benefit take-up
OTTAWA - Seniors’ mailboxes will be blitzed in the coming weeks with federal reminders to file their taxes on time as part of a government bid to get more low-income seniors into an old age bene...
Jan 22, 2019
Safe Harbour receives significant donation from Church of Christ congregation
Those less fortunate in our community stand to benefit from a generous fundraising initiative led by the congregation of the Church of Christ in Red Deer. On Sunday, roughly 200 church members from Re...
Jan 22, 2019
UPDATED: Suspect crashes stolen truck into school bus, steals another at gunpoint
Seven children were on board when a stolen truck crashed into a school bus southwest of Red Deer Tuesday morning. The collision happened just after 8 a.m. on Range Road 372 near Airport Drive. Chinook...
Jan 22, 2019
Ice proves an unlikely challenge for top figure skaters after N.B. storm
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Some of Canada’s top figure skaters were stranded in New Brunswick by weather this week, scrambling to find a way home and suffering some less-than-graceful routines on the ic...
Jan 22, 2019