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Blackfalds town council passes first reading of 2025 Property Tax Rate Bylaw
Blackfalds' town council has unanimously approved first reading of the 2025 Property Tax Rate Bylaw, which includes a five per cent tax increase. In Blackfalds, the average home has been assessed at $...
Apr 11, 2025
Alberta's top public health doctor reminding public to get their measles vaccine
EDMONTON Alberta's top doctor for public health says officials are working to contain the spread of measles as case counts continue to rise. Health officials say there are 58 confirmed cases of measle...
Apr 11, 2025
Argentina says it will lift the country's strict currency controls with the help from the IMF
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentine President Javier Milei's economy minister announced on Friday that the libertarian government would lift the country's strict capital and currency controls in ...
Apr 11, 2025
Wickens returns to elite racing with use of hand controls 7 years after he was paralyzed in a crash
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Nearly seven years after he was paralyzed in an IndyCar crash, Robert Wickens will return to elite competition on Saturday when he drives a Corvette in the IMSA sports car ra...
Apr 11, 2025
Canadian men to open Gold Cup in Vancouver with coach suspended from sideline
Canada will begin CONCACAF Gold Cup play against Honduras in Vancouver before shifting to Houston for its remaining two Group B games. The 30th-ranked Canadian men will take on No. 75 Honduras on June...
Apr 11, 2025
B.C. Court of Appeal upholds murder conviction for Vancouver Island prison escapee
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of James Busch, who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison in 2019 with another inmate, then killed a man...
Apr 11, 2025
Immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
JENA, La. (AP) - Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana ruled Friday during a hearing over the legality of k...
Apr 11, 2025
A convicted killer who was mistakenly released from jail is caught 2 weeks later
ATLANTA (AP) - The U.S. Marshals Service said Friday that a convicted killer who was mistakenly released from a Georgia jail has been caught two weeks later in Florida - ending days of anxiety for the...
Apr 11, 2025
Proposed bill sparks resignations and funding stress for Alberta Law Foundation and beneficiaries
The Alberta Law Foundation claims proposed changes to the Legal Profession Act have already been utilized to deny or reduce $10 million in non-profit grant funding, but Minister of Justice Mickey Amer...
Apr 11, 2025
Gabriel Landeskog expected to play Friday for AHL's Colorado Eagles, 1st pro game in nearly 3 years
Gabriel Landeskog is expected to play in a professional game Friday night for the first time in nearly three years when he suits up with the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League. The longtime...
Apr 11, 2025