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Alberta NDP mocks UCP for taking COVID cash from 'sugar daddy' Trudeau
EDMONTON - The Alberta Opposition says Premier Jason Kenney's United Conservatives have a new "sugar daddy" in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and should not accept a federal COVID-1...
May 28, 2020
Frost advisory in effect in the northeast
Bring in your flowers and plants tonight.Much of the northeast, including Melfort, Tisdale, Nipawin, Hudson Bay, and Porcupine Plain, is under a frost advisory.The temperature is expected to drop to z...
May 28, 2020
Canada's vulnerable to money laundering on par with similar countries: expert
VANCOUVER - A senior police officer from the United Kingdom who specializes in money laundering says he believes Canada is no more vulnerable to the crime than other Western jurisd...
May 28, 2020
Oilpatch advocates tell MPs help needs to be faster, easier to get
OTTAWA - Representatives from Canada's oilpatch say they don't know of a single energy company that has yet benefited from any of Ottawa's COVID-19-inspired loan programs. Several company ow...
May 28, 2020
Graham urges older judges to retire so GOP can fill openings
WASHINGTON - Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is publicly urging federal judges in their mid-60s or older to step aside so President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans ...
May 28, 2020
Water security agency announces infrastructure spending
Two area rural municipalities are welcoming a funding announcement from the provincial water security agency.On Thursday afternoon it was announced over $8 million is being made available to help with...
May 28, 2020
Warrant issued for arrest of former PQ leader Boisclair on sex assault charges
MONTREAL - A warrant has been issued for the arrest of former Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair on charges that he used a weapon to commit a sexual assault. The warrant signed by a Quebec co...
May 28, 2020
Police asking for public's help for break- in related reports in Maidstone area
Police are looking for suspects who may be connected to break in related incidents involving community establishments in Maidstone, Marshall and Lashburn. According to police, Maidstone RCMP received ...
May 28, 2020
Canadian Premier League looking to resume play in Prince Edward Island
The UFC has Fight Island. The Canadian Premier League is looking at Prince Edward Island. The P.E.I. government confirmed Thursday that it has been approached by Halifax's HFX Wanderers FC "to see if ...
May 28, 2020
With a gay protagonist, Pixar short 'Out' makes history
NEW YORK - In Steven Clay Hunter's 23 years as an animator at Pixar, he has drawn a seven-armed octopus, a Canadian daredevil and a wheezing toy penguin. But there were scenes he never expected to ani...
May 28, 2020