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Alberta introduces bill to extend COVID-related emergency labour, health rules
EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced legislation to extend existing emergency health and labour rules tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.Health Minister Tyler Shandro says as case numbers fluctuate and new re...
Jun 18, 2020
WHL teams will need fans in seats to operate next season, says commissioner
CALGARY - Western Hockey League teams need their arenas at least half full with spectators next season to operate, according to the league's commissioner. The COVID-19 pandemic has shut down larg...
Jun 18, 2020
Federal aid program for oil and gas could see money flowing soon
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It's been a trying five years for the oil sector in Alberta - even longer for the natural gas industry. But a billion-dollar federal program might end up being a lifeline to the ind...
Jun 18, 2020
BDC ready to roll with loans for mid-sized companies hit hard by COVID-19
OTTAWA - Mid-sized Canadian businesses that are strapped for cash because of COVID-19 can now apply through their own banks to get loans of up to $60 million from the federal government. The loans, to...
Jun 18, 2020
Alberta reports 49 new COVID-19 cases
Alberta confirmed another 49 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday to bring the overall total to 7,579.The results come from 7,990 tests completed over the last 24 hours.The number of active cases in the prov...
Jun 18, 2020
Activities this weekend for World Refugee Day
Central Alberta Refugee Effort (CARE) and Catholic Social Services (CSS), together known as the Immigrant Centre, will be commemorating World Refugee Day on June 20 with different activities to raise ...
Jun 18, 2020
Billie Eilish gets 3-year restraining order for trespasser
LOS ANGELES - A judge has extended to three years a restraining order taken out by Billie Eilish against a man who repeatedly appeared at her Los Angeles home. In a hearing, Superior Court Judge Diann...
Jun 18, 2020
Senate ethics committee urges censure of Tory senator over trip to China
OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics committee is recommending that a Conservative senator be censured for breaching the upper house's ethics code when he accepted an all-expenses-paid trip to China in 2...
Jun 18, 2020
Too many visitors forces B.C. to shut park on Canada-U.S. boundary
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia park that straddles the 49th parallel with Washington state will be closed because it's overwhelmed with visitors using it as a cross-border meeting point. The governm...
Jun 18, 2020
Bad chocks, brake training blamed for crunching of prime minister's plane
OTTAWA - Military investigators say the Royal Canadian Air Force plane normally used by the prime minister hit a hangar wall last year after a maintenance crew used the wrong chocks, and not enough of...
Jun 18, 2020