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Federal pay-equity commissioner reappointed, but new national law still not in force
OTTAWA - Canada's first national pay-equity commissioner is having her term extended amid delays getting new pay-equity legislation into action. Karen Jensen was appointed a year ago to the Canadian H...
Sep 18, 2020
Trudeau calls byelections for late October, one day after Liberals name candidates
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called two byelections less than a day after the Liberals named their candidates in each of the Toronto ridings. A short notice from the Prime Minister's Off...
Sep 18, 2020
Montreal should restrict police use of facial recognition technology: councillor
MONTREAL - An opposition councillor in Montreal says he plans to introduce a motion next week that would restrict the use of facial recognition and other surveillance technologies by city police. Marv...
Sep 18, 2020
COVID-19 case ‘likely transmitted’ within Edmonton school: Hinshaw
Alberta has recorded its first case of COVID-19 believed to have been transmitted within a school.Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, announced Friday afternoon that the...
Sep 18, 2020
Red Deer home sales down in August but up from same month last year
The number of homes sold in Red Deer last month came in lower than the previous month, but higher than in August of last year.That according to the latest stats from the Central Alberta Realtors Assoc...
Sep 18, 2020
Stanley Cup returns to old Edmonton stomping grounds, but just here for a visit
EDMONTON - Stanley - that squat, barrel-bodied, bowl-topped polished silver mug - is officially back in Edmonton, a place he knew well back in the day. But this time he's here strictly as a guest...
Sep 18, 2020
Man sentenced to seven years in prison for 2017 death of Alberta gas station owner
A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the gas-and-dash death of an Alberta gas station owner has been sentenced to seven years in prison.Mitchell Robert Sydlowski, 29, appeared Friday by video l...
Sep 18, 2020
Drayton Valley RCMP report: September 10 - September 17
September 108:38 am - Drayton Valley - 46 Street - Report of an unknown male yelling at the complainant who is working at the location. Patrols made, the male had already left.8:51 am - Brazeau County...
Sep 18, 2020
Dr. Hinshaw to deliver COVID-19 update at 1 p.m.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw will deliver an update Friday on the province's ongoing effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.The chief medical officer of health will hold a news conference starting at 1 p.m., as o...
Sep 18, 2020
Lobster protests: Nova Scotia RCMP arrest two at wharf in Weymouth
WEYMOUTH, N.S. - RCMP say two people were arrested Friday and accused of assault at a wharf in western Nova Scotia, where there were reports of ugly confrontations over a First Nation's...
Sep 18, 2020