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Federal efforts to award contracts to Indigenous businesses hit snags: docs
OTTAWA - A federal push to get more Indigenous-owned businesses to bid on government contracts has been slowed by issues over how the data is collected since before last summer, according to internal ...
Mar 04, 2020

Advocacy groups, First Nations to weigh in on Alberta environmental review case
CALGARY - Alberta's top court is allowing a dozen submissions to be heard from advocacy groups and First Nations in the province's constitutional challenge to Ottawa's re...
Mar 04, 2020

Ex-wrestler sues University of Michigan over doc's assaults
DETROIT - A man who was a University of Michigan wrestler in the 1980s sued the school Wednesday, alleging that a late physician molested him dozens of times. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Det...
Mar 04, 2020

James Bond film release pushed back 7 months due to virus
LOS ANGELES - The release of the James Bond film "No Time To Die" has been pushed back several months because of global concerns about coronavirus. MGM, Universal and producers Michael G. Wilson and B...
Mar 04, 2020

Melania Trump to make rare foray onto 2020 fundraising trail
WASHINGTON - Melania Trump is set to make a rare foray onto the 2020 campaign fundraising trail. President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is asking supporters to make a donation for a chance to me...
Mar 04, 2020

Ex-wrestler sues University of Michigan over doc's assaults
DETROIT - A man who was a University of Michigan wrestler in the 1980s sued the school Wednesday, alleging that a late physician molested him dozens of times. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Det...
Mar 04, 2020

Ceremony to mark 15 years since Mayerthorpe Tragedy
EDMONTON - This week marks the 15th anniversary of the murders of four RCMP officers on a farm north of Rochfort Bridge near the town of Mayerthorpe.Constables Peter Schiemann, Brock Myrol, and Leo Jo...
Mar 04, 2020 Fallen Four Memorial (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Crowsnest Pass Councillor resigns "due to personal reasons"
CROWSNEST PASS, AB - Gordon Lundy has officially handed in his notice.At their council meeting on Tuesday, March 3, he informed council of his intention to resign from the local government effective F...
Mar 04, 2020 Gordon Lundy

Province cuts firefighter training grant
RED DEER, AB. -- Municipalities throughout the province may face some troubles funding firefighter training, now that the Alberta Government has cut a grant designed to support external training progr...
Mar 04, 2020 Firefighter in gear -- LNN

Russia greatest short-term threat to North America: Norad deputy commander
OTTAWA - A senior Canadian general says while a military attack is unlikely in the immediate future, Russia is still the greatest short-term threat to North American security. Lt.-Gen. Chris...
Mar 04, 2020