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NDP’s Phillips, with Red Deer candidates, talk trust and strategy
Trust was the crux of a campaign stop in Red Deer on Wednesday - five days pre-election - for the NDP's Lethbridge-West incumbent Shannon Phillips, alongside Red Deer-North and -South first-time candi...
May 24, 2023
Notley defends corporate tax proposal
CALGARY - Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley has defended her party's proposal to increase corporate taxes, saying it would provide a ``stable, thoughtful'' economic plan for the province. Notley was re...
May 24, 2023
Danielle Smith says UCP would prevent future governments from hiking taxes
CALGARY - United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith says her party would bring in legislation to prevent the government from increasing personal or business taxes without approval from Albertans.Smith...
May 24, 2023
Calgary ER doctors sound alarm over ‘capacity crisis’
CALGARY, AB - An open letter from 180 emergency room doctors in Calgary says the health system is crumbling.The doctors say the signs of a capacity crisis are everywhere."As emergency doctors, we have...
May 24, 2023
Smith says candidate who made feces comment won’t sit in caucus, decision final
CALGARY - Five days after saying a United Conservative candidate who compared transgender students to feces in food could be given a second chance, leader Danielle Smith has repeated the woman wouldn'...
May 24, 2023
Stars' Benn suspended 2 games after captain-on-captain hit
DALLAS (AP) - Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn was suspended two games by the NHL on Wednesday after an ugly hit on Vegas captain Mark Stone in a Game 3 loss that left Dallas on the brink of being swep...
May 24, 2023
A's, Nevada leaders reach tentative ballpark agreement
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo announced Wednesday a tentative agreement with the Oakland Athletics and legislative leaders for a stadium funding plan after weeks of nego...
May 24, 2023
Fox Creek and Little Smoky residents allowed to return home
Some good news for residents of Fox Creek and Little Smoky after those communities were forced to evacuate due to the Eagle Complex wildfires.Alberta Emergency Management Agency Executive Director Bre...
May 24, 2023
Toronto FC coach says Bernardeschi was 'out of line' with post-game outburst
TORONTO - Italian star Federico Bernardeschi's emotional outburst after Toronto FC's weekend 1-0 loss in Austin was "out of line," says coach Bob Bradley. "Fede was wrong for speaking that way after t...
May 24, 2023
Postal workers' union settles defamation lawsuit with B'nai Brith
OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it has agreed to settle its lawsuit against Jewish activist group B'nai Brith Canada. The lawsuit stems from news releases in 2018 by B'nai Brith say...
May 24, 2023