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Province aiming to have students back in school by September
The province has announced its re-entry plan for the upcoming 2020-21 school year.Alberta's Minister of Education Adriana LaGrange presented three different scenarios based around the pandemic at the ...
Jun 10, 2020
Feds won't release report on carbon tax costs for grain dryers on prairies
OTTAWA - The federal government will not release the data it relied on to decide against exempting fuels used in grain dryers from the national price on pollution. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bi...
Jun 10, 2020
Grande Prairie reports three more recoveries from COVID-19 Wednesday
The province added 47 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, while Alberta Health says three more people have recovered from the virus in the City of Grande Prairie.There are now 371 active cases of COVI...
Jun 10, 2020
COVID-19 highlights need for better treatment of migrant labour, advocates say
OTTAWA - Migrant-rights advocates say the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that labourers in Canada can no longer be treated like "throwaway people" as they have been in the past. Asylum-seekers working in...
Jun 10, 2020
Montreal Canadiens owner Geoff Molson gives GM Marc Bergevin vote of confidence
Geoff Molson fielded questions from all angles in French and English for 90 minutes Wednesday. The topics lobbed at the Montreal Canadiens' owner, president and chief executive off...
Jun 10, 2020
COVID-19 cases will go up as Alberta reopens many activities: health experts
Health experts say it makes sense for Alberta to take the next step in reopening its economy, but warn there will be an uptick in COVID-19 cases due to an inability to physically distance in some situ...
Jun 10, 2020
NASCAR bans Confederate flag from its races and properties
NASCAR has banned the Confederate flag from its races and properties. NASCAR says Wednesday the Confederate flag "runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for...
Jun 10, 2020
NASCAR bans Confederate flag from its races and properties
NASCAR has banned the Confederate flag from its races and properties. NASCAR says Wednesday the Confederate flag "runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for...
Jun 10, 2020
Stacey Allaster US Open's 1st female tournament director
NEW YORK - Canadian Stacey Allaster is the U.S. Open's new tournament director, the first woman to hold that job at the American Grand Slam tennis tournament. Allaster, born in Windsor, Ont., and...
Jun 10, 2020
Reduce uncontrolled movement of rail cars: TSB report on Saskatchewan fatality
REGINA - A Transportation Safety Board report on a fatality at a Saskatchewan train yard recommends rail companies work with Transport Canada to reduce uncontrolled movement of rail cars. The saf...
Jun 10, 2020