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Commercial, private or military jet? Garneau quarantine travel raises rule questions
OTTAWA - Plans for Canada's foreign affairs minister to take his second international trip in less than a month have raised questions around what's allowed for those in quarantine and a discrepancy be...
May 12, 2021
U.K. eyeing fall for start of detailed trade deal talks with Canada, minister says
OTTAWA - Britain's trade minister says his country expects to kick-start talks on a free-trade pact with Canada in the fall and suggests it might differ in scope from what is now in place. Ranil Jayaw...
May 12, 2021
Red Deer man charged following lease site break in near Sundre
A Red Deer man is facing several charges after central Alberta Mounties foiled a break and enter at a rural lease site near Sundre last month.On Apr. 28, at 2:00 a.m., Sundre RCMP were conducting patr...
May 12, 2021
Lacombe city council approves 2021 property tax rate bylaw
Residents of Lacombe will see a small property tax rate increase this year.On Monday, council approved the 2021 Property Tax Rate Bylaw (Bylaw 489) at 0.8 per cent - approximately half of the Alberta ...
May 12, 2021
Report: Ellen DeGeneres to end her TV talk show next year
NEW YORK (AP) - Ellen DeGeneres is calling time on her longtime-running talk show, according to reports. The daytime host, who has seen a ratings hit after allegations of running a toxic workplace, ha...
May 12, 2021
France's Supreme Court to rule on Hassan Diab extradition next week: lawyer
OTTAWA - A lawyer for Hassan Diab says the Canadian government should not be part of any further wrongful extradition of the Ottawa sociology professor regardless of the outcome of a looming French Su...
May 12, 2021
Trump officials defend their actions in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two senior Trump administration officials defended their actions during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in testimony before Congress on Wednesday, with former acting Defense Secr...
May 12, 2021
Business leaders in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin urge court to keep Line 5 operating
WASHINGTON - Business leaders in Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin have joined forces with their Canadian counterparts in the legal fight over the Line 5 pipeline. The U.S. and Canadian chambers of commerc...
May 12, 2021
Ruling paves way for longer sentence in George Floyd's death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota judge has ruled that there were aggravating factors in the death of George Floyd, paving the way for a longer sentence for Derek Chauvin, according to an order made publ...
May 12, 2021
Internal emails reveal WHO knew of sex abuse claims in Congo
BENI, Congo (AP) - When Shekinah was working as a nurse's aide in northeastern Congo in January 2019, she said, she was offered a job from a World Health Organization doctor at double her salary - in ...
May 12, 2021