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London Drugs phone lines working, stores still closed after cybersecurity incident
VANCOUVER - London Drugs says its phone lines are working again after being taken offline in response to a cybersecurity incident. A statement from the Richmond, B.C.-based pharmacy and retail chain s...
May 01, 2024
Alberta government reverses planned cut to aid funding for low-income transit riders
The Alberta government is reversing its plan to axe a subsidy program that helps low-income people pay for transit passes.Social Services Minister Jason Nixon said the mayors of Edmonton and Calgary h...
May 01, 2024
Province aiming to help communities save money, lower energy costs
Officials with the provincial government say Alberta's new $6-million program will help municipalities make energy-saving upgrades, reducing costs and emissions.Provincial officials note that arenas, ...
May 01, 2024
Alberta-Montana passenger rail service proposed
A non-profit group in Alberta is looking to build an international train route, connecting the prairie province and Montana.Integrated Travel Research and Development has released its Alberta-Montana ...
May 01, 2024
Oil begins moving on Canada’s $34B Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Smith calls it ‘monumental’
Canada's energy sector as well as the country's main oil-producing province celebrated Wednesday as the long-awaited $34-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion officially came online.Crown corporat...
May 01, 2024
Alberta government reverses planned cut to aid funding for low-income transit riders
The Alberta government is reversing its plan to axe a subsidy program that helps low-income people pay for transit passes.It comes after a day of backlash from the mayors of Edmonton and Calgary.The p...
May 01, 2024
Southern Alberta community gets 46 cm of snow
Parts of southern Alberta received around 1.5 feet of snowfall on Tuesday and a snowfall warning remains in effect.Environment Canada says heavy snow fell over sections of southwestern Alberta from Mo...
May 01, 2024
Alberta begins third phase of ‘Alberta is Calling’ campaign
The province has launched the third phase of the Alberta is Calling campaign to attract skilled workers to Alberta.The campaign, which is now in-market in British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario, provide...
May 01, 2024
Steven Stamkos wants to stay with Lightning, and team wants its career scoring leader to stay
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Steven Stamkos wants to hoist the Stanley Cup again with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 34-year-old captain, who can become a free agent this summer, reiterated Wednesday that he'd li...
May 01, 2024
Rowing Canada CEO to step down ahead of Paris Games
VICTORIA - Rowing Canada chief executive officer Terry Dillon will step down next month ahead of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. Dillon has been CEO of the country's governing body of ...
May 01, 2024