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Lacombe County addresses energy efficiency and GHG reduction at two municipal buildings
An audit of its admin building and retrofits at its public works shop have allowed Lacombe County to take significant strides towards energy efficiency, the municipality shared this week.The audit, co...
Feb 12, 2025
Senate confirms Gabbard as Trump's director of national intelligence after Republicans fall in line
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence after Republicans who had initially questioned her experience and judgme...
Feb 12, 2025
Massive winter storm prompts weather warnings across several provinces
HALIFAX - A huge winter storm is expected to descend on parts of Ontario and Quebec tonight and quickly spread across the Atlantic region on Thursday and Friday, prompting Environment Canada to issue ...
Feb 12, 2025
Government watchdogs fired by Trump sue his administration and ask a judge to reinstate them
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eight government watchdogs have sued over their mass firing that removed oversight of President Donald Trump's new administration. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Was...
Feb 12, 2025
Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges' plans to pay athletes for their name, image and likeness by makin...
Feb 12, 2025
Winner of the Boston Marathon, legendary Canadian runner Jerome Drayton dies at 80
TORONTO - Legendary long-distance runner Jerome Drayton, who won the Boston Marathon in 1977 and held the Canadian men's marathon record for 43 years, has died. He was 80. Drayton died unexpectedly on...
Feb 12, 2025
Leger poll: Canadians anxious but ready to rally against Trump's threats
OTTAWA - Canadians are collectively biting their fingernails and ready to wave the flag as they face down repeated threats from the White House. A new Leger poll suggests a surge in both anxiety level...
Feb 12, 2025
Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges' plans to pay athletes for their name, image and likeness by makin...
Feb 12, 2025
8 inspectors general fired by Trump file a federal lawsuit claiming their terminations were unlawful
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eight government watchdogs sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over their mass firing that removed oversight of his new administration. The lawsuit filed in federal court in W...
Feb 12, 2025
Education Department rescinds Biden memo that threatened to upend college NIL payments
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges' plans to pay athletes for their name, imagine and likeness by mak...
Feb 12, 2025