Category Archives: Canada
A list of Alberta premiers since the province was created in 1905
EDMONTON - A list of Alberta’s premiers: Rachel Notley, NDP, 2015- Jim Prentice, Progressive Conservative, 2014-2015 Dave Hancock (interim), Progressive Conservative, 2014 Alison Redford, Progre...
Mar 19, 2019
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley wants chance to 'finish that job'
EDMONTON - Premier Rachel Notley says her childhood in the semi-isolated town of Fairview in northern Alberta taught her to adapt and improvise - even if means sticking your spouse on the hood of the ...
Mar 19, 2019
Leaders set sights on each other as Alberta election called for April 16
Alberta’s NDP leader and her main conservative rival wasted no time pointing fingers at each other on the first day of the campaign for an April 16 election. Premier Rachel Notley called the vot...
Mar 19, 2019
Man hurt during arrest for alleged slurs
at B.C. vigil for New Zealand victims
SURREY, B.C. - An investigation is underway after a man in Surrey, B.C., was injured while being arrested for allegedly yelling racial slurs at a prayer vigil for the victims of the New Zealand mosque...
Mar 19, 2019
Duped women go after charming alleged con man:'Everything he said was a lie'
It started with a chance encounter in a coffee shop. He was charming and attractive, and everything he said mirrored her life. The relationship developed into a romance but the seduction ended months ...
Mar 19, 2019
Calgary UCP candidate resigns after report on her comments about race
CALGARY - A United Conservative Party candidate in the Alberta election who resigned over online comments she reportedly made about white nationalists is begging people to lower the temperature of pol...
Mar 19, 2019
Liberal-dominated justice committee ends SNC-Lavalin probe amid opposition howls
OTTAWA - The Liberal-dominated justice committee of the House of Commons pulled the plug Tuesday on its probe of the SNC-Lavalin affair, prompting fresh howls of opposition outrage and a walkout by Co...
Mar 19, 2019
American man dedicated life to finding treasure on Nova Scotia's Oak Island
HALIFAX - An American who became a famed Nova Scotia treasure hunter is being remembered by friends as a larger-than-life figure. Dan Blankenship died Sunday at 95. He was a staple on “The Curse...
Mar 19, 2019
In the news today, March 19
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, March 19 --- BUDGET SETS LIBERAL STAGE FOR FALL ELECTION The Trudeau government will attempt to set the stage for this fall’s election - and provide some di...
Mar 19, 2019
Budget to tout Liberal economic record, provide distraction from SNC furor
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government will attempt to set the stage for this fall’s election - and provide some distraction from the SNC-Lavalin affair - with today’s end-of-mandate budget touti...
Mar 19, 2019