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Pentagon reviews plans to cut troops handling migrants at Guantánamo by as much as half
WASHINGTON (AP) - Military officials are reviewing plans that would cut the number of U.S. troops deployed to the Guantnamo Bay naval base in Cuba to handle detained migrants by as much as half, becau...
Mar 19, 2025
Who's footing the bill?: Municipal groups call for government action on unpaid oil and gas taxes
Alberta Municipalities (ABmunis) has released a statement expressing concern about unpaid oil and gas property taxes, as the financial burden gets passed to municipalities and their residents instead....
Mar 19, 2025
Canada's Josee Doyon's mental fortitude moves her up Epson Tour rankings
Josee Doyon's second round at the IOA Golf Classic was off to a rough start. She began the day at Alaqua Country Club in Longwood, Fla., near the top of the leaderboard but a triple bogey on the secon...
Mar 19, 2025
Province says legislative changes will mean more agriculture waste going to the biogas industry
The provincial government is going to make changes to some legislation it says will help support the biogas industry.The changes to the Agricultural Operation Practices Act, if approved, would allow o...
Mar 19, 2025
Alberta College of Pharmacy tribunal suspends Grande Prairie pharmacist
A pharmacist that previously operated in Grande Prairie has been suspended for 30 months for unprofessional conduct.Emery Ostrosky's suspension, along other sanctions, were ordered by a Hearing Tribun...
Mar 19, 2025
Helmets to Hardhats launches in Alberta, creating work pathway for veterans
Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) has partnered with the Government of Alberta's Minister of Advanced Education, Rajan Sawhney, to launch the Skilled Pathway Program, an initiative aimed at equipping veterans...
Mar 19, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government terminates consumer carbon price
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's first move after taking office on Friday was to eliminate the consumer carbon price, undoing Justin Trudeau's signature climate policy. Carney addressed members o...
Mar 19, 2025
Alberta Premier Smith says plan for orphan well cleanup coming next month
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says plans for cleaning up abandoned or inactive oil wells are to be made public in two weeks.She says public funding won't be needed for the new initiatives, despite a ...
Mar 19, 2025
Penson School students donate teddy bears to GPRH pediatric ward
The pediatric ward at Grande Prairie Regional Hospital has been given a bunch of stuffed animals from Penson School.Thanks to donations from students, families and the community, the Penson School Cou...
Mar 19, 2025
UBC bans Chinese AI DeepSeek from its devices and networks, citing privacy, security
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has banned Chinese AI tool DeepSeek from being used or installed on university-owned devices and networks, citing "a high degree of privacy and security ...
Mar 19, 2025