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Lethbridge man fined $500,000 on fraud convictions
Lethbridge- Ronald James Aitkens and his associated firms will have to pay half a million dollars for committing fraud and making untrue or misleading statements.According to the Financial and Consume...
Jul 31, 2019
Wage talks to resume next week for public sector workers
EDMONTON - The head of Alberta's largest union says arbitration wage talks are to resume next Wednesday for 60-thousand workers following a successful court challenge.But Guy Smith, head of the Albert...
Jul 31, 2019
City to take over disabled transportation services in September
After two months of negotiations and discussion, the City of Grande Prairie and Disabled Transportation Society have come to an agreement that will see the City take over operations of the service, ef...
Jul 31, 2019 Photo: Shaun Penner
Boris Johnson visits Belfast as Brexit woes hurt UK economy
LONDON - New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday finished his rocky debut tour of the U.K. in Northern Ireland, where he faces a doubly difficult challenge of restoring the collapsed Bel...
Jul 31, 2019
The Latest: Plan to allow drug imports will take time
WASHINGTON - The Latest on President Donald Trump's plan to lower prescription drug prices (all times local): 6:20 p.m. It's unclear how soon consumers will see benefits from a Trump administration pl...
Jul 31, 2019
Fire at Texas Exxon Mobil refinery slightly injures 37
HOUSTON - An explosion and fire at an Exxon Mobil oil refinery in Texas on Wednesday left 37 people with minor injuries, in the latest of a series of petrochemical industry blazes this year in the Hou...
Jul 31, 2019
Canadian gymnast Ellie Black wins five medals for second Pan Ams in a row
LIMA, Peru - Canadian gymnast Ellie Black's breakout performance came four years ago in Toronto. Her Pan Am Games encore in Lima was on par and nearly one better. Black's record-smashin...
Jul 31, 2019
US officials say key rail safety technology 90% complete
WASHINGTON - The railroad industry has installed safety technology on nearly 90% of tracks where it is required, federal officials said Wednesday, but "significant work" is needed to ensure the techno...
Jul 31, 2019
Five things to know about the dangers of Manitoba's northern wilderness
GILLAM, Man. - The RCMP have been searching a remote area in northern Manitoba for more than a week trying to find murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod. A burned-out vehicle the fugitives&...
Jul 31, 2019
RCMP warning of telephone scam affecting Peace region citizens
RCMP are warning the public of a telephone scam making its way around the Peace Region.Police say they have conducted three separate investigations in Edson and McLennan recently, where an unknown sus...
Jul 31, 2019