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Charest, Brown both promise to honour federal child-care agreements with provinces
OTTAWA - At least two of the candidates running for leadership of the Conservative party say they would honour child-care agreements signed between the federal Liberal government and provinces. Those ...
Apr 12, 2022
Red Deer city council passes Tribunal Bylaw
Red Deer city council passed a Tribunal Bylaw on Monday that re-structures appeal boards from two boards to four and is aimed to increase administrative efficiencies.The Tribunal Bylaw repeals the exi...
Apr 12, 2022
Nunavut offers fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to people 50 and up
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut residents age 50 years and up can now get a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The territory announced Tuesday that eligible people who have had their third dose at least ...
Apr 12, 2022
Foreign minister Joly begins Asia tour in Indonesia and Vietnam with call to Beijing
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada and China disagree on many things but Beijing's buy-in is essential on one key issue - helping end the Russian war on Ukraine. Joly tells The ...
Apr 12, 2022
Chelsea Manning barred from Canada due to prior convictions: Immigration tribunal
OTTAWA - Famed whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been barred from Canada by the Immigration and Refugee Board. Manning was an intelligence analyst in the United States military when she leaked hundred...
Apr 12, 2022
Federal housing budget a good start, more targeted support needed: Housing advocates
OTTAWA - Advocates say while the federal government's focus on housing affordability in the budget is promising, its measures could go further to help people in the most dire housing need. Emilie Coyl...
Apr 12, 2022
Missing: Angela Klassen, 37, of Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP can confirm that Angela Klassen has been located. Mounties thank the media and the public for their assistance.
Apr 12, 2022
B.C. coroner wants 'urgent action' on safer drug supply six years into OD crisis
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's coroner says over 9,400 people in the province have died of an overdose from toxic illicit drugs since the government declared a public health emergency six years ago. L...
Apr 12, 2022
Province outlines strategy to help tech and innovation sector grow
CALGARY, AB - The provincial government has released its strategy to boost the technology and innovation sector, create jobs and diversify the economy.The Alberta Technology and Innovation Strategy is...
Apr 12, 2022
Ginsburg's art, fur coat, awards in auction to benefit opera
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg so liked the caricature that accompanied an article about her that she got a copy from the artist and hung it in her Supreme Court office. That signed and...
Apr 12, 2022