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NDP wants entire UCP caucus banned from voting on Bill 22
EDMONTON- Opposition leader Rachel Notley wants the ethics commissioner to ban the entire United Conservative caucus from voting on a bill that would fire the province's election watchdog.Notley says ...
Nov 21, 2019
Alberta education minister blasts Calgary school board over staff cuts
CALGARY - Alberta's education minister is ordering a financial audit and governance review of the Calgary Board of Education.Adriana LaGrange says it was difficult to hear that the public school board...
Nov 21, 2019
Alberta Review Board chair quits over lack of government support
EDMONTON - The chairwoman of the Alberta Review Board says she has decided to resign after months of what she characterizes as banging her head against a wall.Jill Taylor sent her resignation letter t...
Nov 21, 2019
Kenney urges ministers to take province’s concerns seriously
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney is urging federal cabinet ministers with portfolios of interest to Alberta to listen to the province's concerns and to take them seriously.He says in a statement that h...
Nov 21, 2019
Netanyahu celebrates US settlement decision in West Bank
ALON SHVUT, Palestinian Territory - Israel's prime minister travelled to the West Bank on Tuesday to celebrate the U.S.'s announcement that it does not consider Israeli settlements to violate internat...
Nov 21, 2019
Republicans assail security aide who reported Trump call
WASHINGTON - A career Army officer on Donald Trump's National Security Council testified Tuesday he was duty-bound to object to the president's clearly "improper" phone call seeking Ukrainian investig...
Nov 21, 2019
Navs respond with convincing win over Sexsmith
After dropping both of their games over the past weekend, the North Peace Navigators responded with a dominating performance.Keegan Ferguson scored a goal and added two assists, while Austin Doan had ...
Nov 21, 2019 Photo: Shaun Penner
Sweden drops Assange rape investigation after 9 years
STOCKHOLM - Sweden on Tuesday dropped its investigation into an alleged rape by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently in prison in Britain, because too much time has elapsed since the acc...
Nov 21, 2019
Key witnesses will cap intense week in impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON - House impeachment investigators will hear on Thursday from two key witnesses who grew alarmed by how President Donald Trump and others in his orbit were conducting foreign policy in Ukrai...
Nov 21, 2019
Prince Andrew faces more disgrace as business backers leave
LONDON - Britain's Prince Andrew faced further disgrace Tuesday as charitable partners and educational institutions began to distance themselves from him amid unfavourable fallout from an interview on...
Nov 21, 2019