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Alberta government keeps promise to cancel medical superlab, DynaLife buyout
EDMONTON -- Alberta is cancelling construction of a medical superlab in Edmonton and scrapping a plan to put all laboratory services under government control.Premier Jason Kenney promised to do so bef...
Jun 20, 2019 Alberta Legislature
Alberta premier hands out earplugs during debate on bill affecting union rights
EDMONTON -- Premier Jason Kenney passed out earplugs in the legislature overnight as his government invoked a time limit on debate over a bill that strips some bargaining rights for 180,000 public-sec...
Jun 20, 2019 Jason Kenney -- The Canadian Press
Alberta asks Court of Appeal to look at constitutionality of federal carbon tax
EDMONTON -- Alberta's justice minister says the province is asking for a legal opinion on the constitutionality of the federal government imposing its carbon tax.At a news conference Thursday, Doug Sc...
Jun 20, 2019 Refinery - The Canadian Press
Top NHL draft prospects Jack Hughes, Kaapo Kakko know they'll always be linked
VANCOUVER - Jack Hughes shook hands with Kaapo Kakko for the first time Thursday. If the expected script plays out at the NHL draft, the two potential future stars know their stories will be intertwin...
Jun 20, 2019
NRA sues ex-president Oliver North, saying he harmed the NRA
NEW YORK - The National Rifle Association has sued its former president, Oliver North, for what it called "conduct harmful to the NRA" as turmoil that was exposed publicly when North resigned two mont...
Jun 20, 2019
Walmart to pay $282 million over foreign corruption charges
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Walmart agreed Thursday to pay $282 million to settle federal allegations of overseas corruption, including funneling more than $500,000 to an intermediary in Brazil who was known as...
Jun 20, 2019
Select few allowed to swim in Hearst Castle pools
SAN SIMEON, Calif. - The Foundation at Hearst Castle is offering a chance to swim in the California landmark's iconic pools, where Lady Gaga and Hollywood's Golden Age celebrities dipped their toes. T...
Jun 20, 2019
2 more duck boat workers indicted in sinking that killed 17
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A federal grand jury has indicted two more employees of a company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people. Curtis Lanham, the general manag...
Jun 20, 2019
Edmonton QB Harris leads team into showdown with former Esks QB Reilly, Lions
EDMONTON - With Mike Reilly leaving the Edmonton Eskimos for the B.C. Lions and Trevor Harris coming in from the Ottawa Redblacks to take his place this off-season, it was inevitable most of the talk ...
Jun 20, 2019
Family doctor tells B.C. inquest teens have right to privacy about their health
VICTORIA - The family doctor who delivered Elliot Eurchuk as a baby and saw him as a patient until 18 months before his death told a British Columbia's coroner's inquest that teens have the right...
Jun 20, 2019