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AOC Among Us: progressive firebrand to join NDP leader for online gaming sesh Friday
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The leader of the New Democrats has thrown down the gauntlet to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Canada-U. S. relations may never be the same. Jagmeet Singh challenged the firebr...
Nov 26, 2020
Province improves access to trucking jobs
LETHBRIDGE, AB- The provincial government has established a grant program and a training program to get more truck drivers behind the wheel.In a release, the government says a $3-million Driving Back ...
Nov 26, 2020
Alberta approves COVID rapid tests as 1,077 cases confirmed Thursday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Thursday's report on COVID-19, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.1,077 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 51...
Nov 26, 2020
Alberta's chief medical health officer publicly criticizes staffer who leaked info
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health, dealing with rocketing COVID-19 case numbers, is criticizing a member of her inner circle for leaking confidential information to the media. Dr. D...
Nov 26, 2020
Hinshaw: Release of secret recordings of cabinet committee a "personal betrayal"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health spoke out against an unnamed whistleblower who secretly took and released recordings of Alberta's emergency cabinet committee.CBC published a...
Nov 26, 2020
Public health officers walk fine line between public and politicians, scholars say
EDMONTON - There's a fine line between a public health officer's duty to the people they serve and their duty to the elected officials who appoint them, scholars say. But they add governments should b...
Nov 26, 2020
Woodbine Racetrack ends horse racing season after talks with provincial government
TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment says it has officially cancelled the rest of its thoroughbred racing season following discussions with the Ontario government.When Toronto was placed into a lockdown s...
Nov 26, 2020
New Brunswick to require all visitors to self-isolate, reports 12 new COVID-19 cases
FREDERICTON - The Atlantic bubble that was pierced Monday when Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador left is now in tatters with New Brunswick's announcement that it is pulling out. Start...
Nov 26, 2020
Macklem tells MPs that bond-buying program about lowering rates, not financing feds
OTTAWA - Canada's top central banker gave a detailed defence of the Bank of Canada's buying spree of government debt, saying it is aimed at lowering borrowing costs across the country. The Bank of Can...
Nov 26, 2020
Accused cross-examined in record drug smuggling case at Coutts border
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Asif Mir says he was "shocked" when Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers told him he was under arrest for smuggling drugs into Canada.The 41-year-old Calgary man is charged w...
Nov 26, 2020