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CF Montreal book ticket to Champions League quarter-finals with dominant 3-0 win
MONTREAL - CF Montreal delivered a massive statement with an impressive 3-0 win in the second leg round of 16 of the CONCACAF Champions League at the Olympic Stadium against Mexican club Santos Laguna...
Feb 23, 2022
Premier promises historic health-care spending in budget
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says tomorrow's provincial budget will see a historic blitz of health-care spending powered by a roaring, re-energized economy.Kenney says the COVID-19 pandemic...
Feb 23, 2022
Alberta teachers’ union ‘cautiously optimistic’ as fewer COVID-19 cases in schools
EDMONTON, AB - The president of the Alberta Teachers' Association says he is cautiously optimistic after seeing COVID-19 cases go down in classrooms a little over a week after the province lifted a ma...
Feb 23, 2022
Blackfalds council approves 2022 operating budget
Residents of Blackfalds can expect to see a zero per cent tax rate increase this year.On Feb. 22, council approved the Town's 2022 operating budget, which comes in at a recommended $29,801,048. When c...
Feb 23, 2022
Alberta government promises historic health spending blitz in provincial budget
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the provincial budget will include an unprecedented blitz of health-care spending powered by a roaring, re-energized economy. Kenney announced $1.8-billion...
Feb 23, 2022
NBC's scores are in: Record low Olympics ratings
NEW YORK (AP) - The final scores are in, and NBC is no doubt happy to put the Beijing Winter Olympics in the rear-view mirror. The games reached an average combined audience of 11.4 million people in ...
Feb 23, 2022
Sartini, Vancouver Whitecaps look to continue building in 2022 MLS season
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are hoping their momentum has staying power as they head into another Major League Soccer season. The 'Caps surged through the last three months of the season, fini...
Feb 23, 2022
Canada signs agreement with AstraZeneca on preventative COVID-19 treatment
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has signed an agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to procure 100,000 doses of a COVID-19 antibody therapy that's still under review by Health Canada. A r...
Feb 23, 2022
Feds commit $140M to keep temporary staff hired to eliminate veterans' backlog
OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay says the federal government will spend nearly $140 million over the next two years to retain temporary staff hired to deal with a backlog of disabi...
Feb 23, 2022
Law would allow news outlets to negotiate with digital giants for payment: minister
OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is pressing ahead with plans to introduce a law to make digital media giants pay Canadian outlets for using their news. Speaking at a virtual confere...
Feb 23, 2022