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Cattle backlog needs processing as packing plants resume full operations
CALGARY- Canada's main beef-packing plants are returning to normal operations after COVID-19 outbreaks in the spring but there is still a glut of cattle to be processed.The outbreaks caused closures a...
Jun 25, 2020
Tourism Red Deer - Virtual Annual General Meeting
RED DEER- Tourism Red Deer is holding a Virtual Annual General Meeting on June 25 from 3 to 5 pm.The virtual general meeting will quickly recap 2019 and share Tourism Red Deer's new plans and future d...
Jun 25, 2020
Province proposes new rules around local election campaign financing
EDMONTON- The Alberta government wants to level the playing field for municipal elections.Bill 29, the Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, includes a suite of proposed changes to campaign financ...
Jun 25, 2020
LGBTQ Pride at 50: Focus shifts amid pandemic, racial unrest
SCRANTON, Pa. - LGBTQ Pride is turning 50 this year a little short on its signature fanfare, after the coronavirus pandemic drove it to the internet and after calls for racial equality sparked by the ...
Jun 25, 2020
Kenney defends Alberta referendum bill, accuses NDP of hypocrisy on campaign spending
EDMONTON- Premier Jason Kenney is pushing back on Opposition claims his new referendum bill is a backdoor attempt to influence debate in elections while introducing big money back into politics.Kenney...
Jun 25, 2020
Long-awaited details of federal student service grant to be unveiled today
OTTAWA - The federal government is to launch a program today aimed at encouraging students to volunteer in the fight against COVID-19 - more than two months after first announcing it and just in time ...
Jun 25, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfo...
Jun 25, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on June 25, 2020: There are 102,242 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 54,937 confirmed ...
Jun 25, 2020
Over 3,000 employees laid off amid WestJet restructuring
CALGARY- WestJet Airlines Ltd. says it will lay off 3,333 employees as part of major restructuring amid the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated the travel industry.The company says it will consol...
Jun 25, 2020
Police overhaul dims, but House Democrats push ahead on vote
WASHINGTON - With a policing overhaul stalled in the Senate, House Democrats are returning to Washington for a daylong debate and vote on their sweeping proposal to address the global outcry over the ...
Jun 25, 2020