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Innisfail’s 2020 budget comes with no tax increase
Innisfail's newly approved budget 2020 holds the line on property taxes. Council passed the operating budget of $21,994,784, capital budget of $4,559,494, and a contingency of $88,240 without an incre...
Dec 12, 2019
Canada's Alexis Lafreniere nursing ankle injury at world junior camp
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Alexis Lafreniere had no reason to hit the ice this week. The presumptive No. 1 pick at the 2020 NHL draft, his name has been written in ink on Canada's world junior roster for some t...
Dec 12, 2019
US charges: Mexico ex-security chief took bribes from cartel
NEW YORK - Mexico's former top security chief has been indicted in New York City on charges he accepted a fortune in drug-money bribes from kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's notorious Sinaloa cartel...
Dec 12, 2019
Handke takes Nobel Literature Prize amid protest
STOCKHOLM - Author Peter Handke received his Nobel Literature Prize on Tuesday amid criticism of him in Sweden and abroad as an apologist for Serb war crimes in the 1990s. Handke accepted the 9 millio...
Dec 12, 2019
Alberta's high court won't change life sentence of man who killed seniors
EDMONTON - The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed a sentence appeal of a man convicted of killing two Edmonton-area seniors.Travis Vader was convicted of manslaughter in the deaths of Lyle and Mari...
Dec 12, 2019 Travis Vader (Photo: The Canadian Press)
Wanted man arrested after rural resident calls Ponoka RCMP
A call about suspicious activity in the rural area led to the Ponoka RCMP recovering a stolen vehicle, arresting a male wanted on warrants and pursuing new charges.Just after 10 p.m. on Dec. 6, Ponoka...
Dec 12, 2019
Taxpayers' watchdog launches probe of child benefit rules, program
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's signature child benefit will undergo a critical review by a federal watchdog amid concerns that eligibility rules that can be "stringent to a fault" are pre...
Dec 12, 2019
B.C. seaplane company makes history with test flight of first commercial e-plane
RICHMOND, B.C. - As Greg McDougall prepared to fly the world's first all-electric commercial aircraft Tuesday morning, he said "nervous" wasn't quite the word to describe how he was feeling. The ...
Dec 12, 2019
Salmonella outbreak in six provinces linked to snakes and rodents
A salmonella outbreak in six Canadian provinces has been linked to contact with pet snakes and rodents, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. A notice issued this week counts 92 cases ...
Dec 12, 2019
Andrew Scheer resigns as Conservative leader
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer says he is stepping down as Conservative leader as soon as a successor can be chosen.Scheer addressed the House of Commons briefly at about noon Eastern time, saying leading his...
Dec 12, 2019