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Oilfield liquid spill near Swan Hills estimated at 100,000 litres: AER
CALGARY - The Alberta Energy Regulator says an oil and gas company under court protection from creditors is reporting the leak of an estimated 100,000 litres of oilfield liquids from a pipeline in nor...
Mar 30, 2021
Sexsmith Secondary moving Grades 11, 12 online after three COVID-19 cases confirmed
The Peace Wapiti Public School Division is moving Grade 11 and 12 students at Sexsmith Secondary School online for the rest of the week after three cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed within the scho...
Mar 30, 2021
Mark Messier book on leadership, teamwork coming in October
NEW YORK - Hockey great Mark Messier wants fans to know he had a lot of help on his path to the NHL Hall of Fame. Messier's memoir "No One Wins Alone" will be published in October by Gallery Books, a ...
Mar 30, 2021
Oscars add UK hub for broadcast after concerns about travel
With less than a month until showtime, the 93rd Oscars are taking another pass at the script. Show producers Steven Soderbergh, Jesse Collins and Stacey Sher remain determined to have an in-person cer...
Mar 30, 2021
World's last Blockbuster more popular after Netflix show
BEND, Ore. - The Blockbuster video rental store in Bend, Oregon, soared to international fame when it became the last such franchise on Earth two years ago. Now, a new Netflix documentary called "The ...
Mar 30, 2021
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario urge Michigan to reconsider shutting down Line 5
WASHINGTON - Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario are forming a united front in the fight to reverse Michigan's shutdown of a key cross-border pipeline. Energy ministers from all three provinces are urgi...
Mar 30, 2021
Ottawa to extend eligibility criteria for Yazidi refugees: Mendicino
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says his department will adopt a new policy to help more Yazidis and other survivors of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant reunite with their famili...
Mar 30, 2021
Ottawa pledges $49.5 million in humanitarian aid for Syrians
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Karina Gould says Canada will provide $49.5 million in aid for millions of Syrians affected by a decade of conflict. Gould says the additional humanitarian ...
Mar 30, 2021
Swan City Rotary Club's Cash and Camping lottery returns for 2021
After cancelling last year's Cash for Camping Lottery due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Swan City Rotary Club is rolling out the lottery once again with the goal of giving away big prizes and supporti...
Mar 30, 2021
Alberta brings in Clare's Law allowing access to intimate partner's criminal records
EDMONTON - Alberta is the second province to bring in a law that could help people at risk of domestic violence learn about their intimate partner's criminal record.The Disclosure to Protect Against D...
Mar 30, 2021