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Kenney slams China's handling of COVID-19, urges North American 'onshoring'
WASHINGTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney added his voice to the anti-China chorus Wednesday, savaging the communist republic's handling of the earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak and urging Canada...
May 13, 2020
Miller, the first player back at Raptors' OVO Centre, happy to be back on floor
TORONTO - It was unlike any NBA practice he'd ever attended. But two months to the day after the league closed shop due to COVID-19, Malcolm Miller was happy just to be back on the floor wit...
May 13, 2020
Liberal MP Bratina suggests CFL take different approach with federal government
TORONTO - An MP with a long history with the CFL is hoping the league has called an audible in its approach to securing financial help from the federal government. Liberal MP Bob Bratina, who spe...
May 13, 2020
Stage one of economic relaunch to go ahead Thursday
Premier Jason Kenney says the province will be going ahead with stage one of its economic relaunch strategy from COVID-19 on Thursday, May 14, while taking a slower approach in the communities of Calg...
May 13, 2020
GPRC to cut 85 positions, suspend two programs in 2020-21 budget
Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) has finalized its 2020-21 budget, addressing a 13 per cent reduction in its Campus Alberta Grant, as well as costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.In a release ...
May 13, 2020
Driver arrested for going over 200 km/hour near Leduc
Leduc RCMP took a male driver into custody after his BMW X5 was captured travelling in excess of 200 km/hour on the QEII Highway.At 4:00 a.m. on May 12, Leduc RCMP responded to a complaint of a BMW X5...
May 13, 2020
FBI offers US$1M reward in kidnapping of Coleman and Boyle
OTTAWA - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward of up to US$1 million for information directly leading to the arrest or prosecution of those responsible for the abduction of Caitlan ...
May 13, 2020
After profitable 2019, Blue Bombers brace for austerity in 2020
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have reported an overall operating profit of $3.5 million for the 2019 season, but their bottom line for 2020 is looking far darker. A rosy report for 2019 wa...
May 13, 2020
PM wants answers from China, other countries on early days of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there are many questions for countries, particularly China, around the origins of COVID-19 and how they reacted in the early days of the pandemic. At the sa...
May 13, 2020
UN forecasts pandemic to shrink world economy by 3.2%
TANZANIA, Tanzania - The United Nations forecast Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic will shrink the world economy by 3.2% this year, the sharpest contraction since the Great Depression in the 1930s....
May 13, 2020