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GST credit payments to low-income earners to arrive one month earlier
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will deliver more aid to low-income Canadians through the GST credit a month sooner than planned. The government initially announced the mone...
Apr 03, 2020
Patients paying higher dispensing fees as pharmacists limit prescription amounts
OTTAWA - A new policy that has pharmacists restricting patients to a 30-day supply of their medications means some people are having to pay dispensing fees two or three times over. The policy was...
Apr 03, 2020
GPAC players earn AMHL honours as season officially concludes
As the Alberta Midget Hockey League officially cancelled the remainder of its playoffs on Friday, a few GPAC Ernie's Sports Storm players received high honours to mark the end of the season.Newly comm...
Apr 03, 2020 GPAC Ernie's Sports Storm forward Hudson Foley (right) was named the recipient of the AMHL's Richard Warwick Memorial Award on Friday (Photo: Shaun Penner)
Canadians on Florida-bound cruise ship say it's unclear when they'll get home
Canadian passengers aboard a Florida-bound cruise ship said it was still unclear Friday when they would get to come home, or even reach shore, as their counterparts aboard two other vessels ...
Apr 03, 2020
Two new funds started by Community Foundation to provide help during pandemic
Two new funds to help during the pandemic have been started by the Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta.One is called the Better Together Fund. Foundation CEO Tracey Vavrek says this will help...
Apr 03, 2020 From the Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta web site
Elton John-led concert to re-air; film academy aids workers
From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to cancelling events, here's a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reacting to the spread of the coronavirus, which most...
Apr 03, 2020
HBO documentary sheds new light on 'Atlanta Child Murders'
LOS ANGELES - Anthony Terrell believes an imprisoned man currently serving two life sentences may not have been the person who murdered his brother as part of a killing spree that rocked Atlanta four ...
Apr 03, 2020
'Always new expenses:' Lawsuits filed as anniversary of Broncos bus crash nears
It's been almost two years since the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan and with the solemn anniversary comes a closing legal window that has seen several lawsuits filed in court.Sixtee...
Apr 03, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Policing the pandemic will put marginalized communities at risk, advocates say
Advocates are warning that granting police sweeping new powers in response to the COVID-19 crisis could be used to target marginalized communities. As the novel coronavirus continues to spre...
Apr 03, 2020
Fines starting at $1,000 can be issued to violators of public health orders
RCMP, police, and peace officers in Alberta can now issue fines to anyone found violating the public health orders surrounding COVID-19.Sergeant Shawn Graham with the Grande Prairie RCMP, says though ...
Apr 03, 2020