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Feds & AB Government extend child care agreement, providing $290-million over four years
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The child care system is getting a boost thanks to a continued joint agreement from the federal and provincial governments.They have signed a four-year extension to the Canada-Alberta...
Jul 23, 2021
Cleveland's Major League Baseball team renamed Guardians
CLEVELAND (AP) - Known as the Indians since 1915, Cleveland's Major League Baseball team will be called Guardians. The ballclub announced the name change Friday - effective at the end of the 2021 seas...
Jul 23, 2021
Greens boost second-quarter fundraising amid party turmoil
OTTAWA - The federal Green party increased its year-over-year fundraising figures nine per cent last quarter, just as internal strife was spilling into public view. Elections Canada filings show the G...
Jul 23, 2021
Canada to resettle Afghans who worked with military, embassy
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will fast-track the resettlement of Afghans who previously worked with the Canadian military and embassy and are now at risk from the Taliban. The move follows ...
Jul 23, 2021
Incoming governor general Mary Simon has first audience with Queen
OTTAWA - Canada's incoming governor general has had her first audience with the Queen. Mary Simon will be sworn in as the representative of the sovereign in Canada on Monday. The Queen and Simon met v...
Jul 23, 2021
RCMP drop top officers' husbands from team liaising with N.S. mass shooting inquiry
HALIFAX - The Mounties are replacing senior members of an internal team tasked with providing information to Nova Scotia's mass shooting inquiry because of conflict of interest concerns. An emailed st...
Jul 23, 2021
Some help on the way for farmers and ranchers impacted by drought
CALGARY - The Alberta Beef Producers is welcoming government support for livestock producers impacted by drought. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie Claude Bibeau has announced the early designation o...
Jul 23, 2021
Sage Watson locked in on podium goal ahead of Tokyo Olympics
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - The wait is finally over for Sage Watson.After the crushing disappointment of seeing last year's Tokyo Olympics postponed as a result of the pandemic, the local hurdler is eyeing ...
Jul 23, 2021
Madu’s town hall brings debate on provincial police to forefront
REDCLIFF, AB - A few dozen Redcliff and Cypress County residents packed into the Redcliff Senior Citizen Centre as part of a town hall tour by provincial Justice Minister Kaycee Madu.The topic at hand...
Jul 23, 2021
Staffing shortages causing bed closures: Notley, UNA
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB. -- Representatives of local United Nurses of Alberta branches met with Leader of the Official Opposition Rachel Notley Thursday to call on the Alberta Government to address staffin...
Jul 23, 2021