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New Alberta budget has money for new schools, maintains health care funding, no money for public sector pay increases
Finance Minister and GP-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews repeated the province would be cutting spending by 2.8 per cent over four years when giving the budget speech Thursday afternoon in the Alberta legislat...
Oct 24, 2019 Finance Minister and GP-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews delivers the budget speech in the Alberta Legislature.
Eastlink Centre's 25 metre pool temporarily shut down due to bacterial contamination
The Eastlink Centre's 25 metre pool has been temporarily shut down due to a bacterial contamination of pseudomonas aeruginosa.There is no timeline so far for when it will re-open, but all aquatics pro...
Oct 24, 2019 Photo: Curtis Galbraith
'Havoc and chaos:' Alberta separatist group gains support as Liberals re-elected
CALGARY - There's been a surge of support for an Alberta separatist group since the Liberals secured a minority government Monday night, and while political scientists say a split from ...
Oct 24, 2019
Snowfall warning in effect for Grande Prairie area
There is a snowfall warning in effect. Rain will begin overnight on Friday, but will change to snow as temperatures drop later Friday morning.Environment Canada has issued the warning for the followin...
Oct 24, 2019
Knife incident sends PWA into lock down
UPDATE: Grande Prairie RCMP responded to two schools for separate weapons reports on Thursday, October 24.Students and staff at Peace Wapiti Academy were forced into a lock down Thursday afternoon, wh...
Oct 24, 2019 RCMP at Harry Balfour School (photo by Shaun Penner)
Victim speaks out for first time about 'Slender Man' attack
MILWAUKEE - A Wisconsin girl who was lured into the woods by two friends and stabbed 19 times in an effort to please a fictional horror character called Slender Man said she's come to terms with aspec...
Oct 24, 2019
'Human error' blamed for long delay reporting results in Ontario riding
OTTAWA - Elections Canada is blaming "human error" for having left federal candidates in one southern Ontario riding waiting the better part of a day to find out who garnered the most votes there in M...
Oct 24, 2019
'Human error' blamed for long delay reporting results in Ontario riding
OTTAWA - Elections Canada is blaming "human error" for having left federal candidates in one southern Ontario riding waiting the better part of a day to find out who garnered the most votes there in M...
Oct 24, 2019
Raptors guard Fred VanVleet day-to-day headed to Boston after tripping on camera
TORONTO - Raptors guard Fred VanVleet says he's day-to-day after tripping over a cameraman in Toronto's 130-122 overtime win against the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday in the NBA's sea...
Oct 24, 2019
Jimmy Carter out of hospital after treatment for fall
ATLANTA - Former President Jimmy Carter is out of the hospital where he was treated after fracturing his pelvis in a recent fall at his home, a spokeswoman said Thursday. Carter Center spokeswoman Dea...
Oct 24, 2019