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LaGrange reiterates UCP commitment to Education Act
Some teachers who believe the Alberta UCP's Education Act will hurt gay-straight alliances waved Pride flags as the new minister took the stage at the Alberta Teachers' Association convention.Adriana ...
May 20, 2019
‘Rope-a-dope’: Environmentalists say Alberta war room threat won’t distract them
EDMONTON - Environmental groups targeted by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney are shrugging off the new government's promised $30-million "war room" to fight criticisms of the province's energy industry."T...
May 20, 2019 Photo courtesy the Canadian Press
Canada's parole officers say correctional system has reached breaking point
OTTAWA - Canada's parole officers say the country's corrections system is at a breaking point due to workloads that are "insurmountable" - a situation they say poses real risks to publi...
May 20, 2019
Koepka keeps 7-shot lead at PGA Championship
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - Brooks Koepka is on the cusp of some elite company at the PGA Championship - in the record book, not on the leaderboard. He is all alone on Bethpage Black, the public course he has...
May 20, 2019
More women, few minorities: Docs detail results of Liberal patronage overhaul
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's overhaul of the patronage system has led to gender parity in government appointments, but new figures show few of those women are in leadership posts and visible...
May 20, 2019
Carbon tax, desk-thumping on agenda in upcoming Alberta legislature session
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's government heads to the legislature this week to make noise with an ambitious legislative agenda while trying to keep a hush on daily affairs. ...
May 20, 2019
Diplomat, peacekeeper: Saskatchewan First Nation awaits Poundmaker exoneration
When Milton Tootoosis thinks about the planned exoneration of Chief Poundmaker, he breaks down.A headman and councillor at Poundmaker Cree Nation, about a two-hour drive from Saskatoon, Tootoosis says...
May 20, 2019
Ford is cutting 7,000 white-collar jobs
DETROIT - Ford is almost finished with a major global restructuring and by the time it ends in August the automaker will have shed 7,000 white-collar jobs. The company said Monday that the plan will s...
May 20, 2019
Applications open for International Paper Foundation grant funding worth $80,000
International Paper Grande Prairie Mill has announced that in 2019 they will be once again awarding $80,000 worth of grant funding to community organizations through the International Paper Foundation...
May 20, 2019 Photo/ International Paper/ Facebook
Biden rejects Democrats' anger in call for national unity
PHILADELPHIA - His party may be enraged by Donald Trump's presidency, but Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden insisted Saturday that Democrats will not defeat the Republican president if they ...
May 20, 2019