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The Salvation Army celebrates 100 years in Grande Prairie
The Salvation Army is celebrating its 100th year of service in Grande Prairie with an anniversary focused on recognizing past achievements and future developments for another 100 years of service. It ...
Mar 05, 2019
In the news today, Mar. 5
Eight stories in the news for Tuesday, Mar. 5 --- PM MORE CONCILIATORY AFTER SECOND MINISTER RESIGNS OVER SNC-LAVALIN Treasury Board president Jane Philpott resigned from cabinet Monday saying sheR...
Mar 05, 2019
Coerced-sterilization allegations a 'crisis' that demands public inquiry: chief
OTTAWA - Ongoing concerns about coerced sterilization of Indigenous women is nothing short of a “crisis” that warrants a public inquiry, says a prominent Alberta First Nations leader. In a...
Mar 05, 2019
Obama tells Winnipeg audience that politics being driven by passions not facts
WINNIPEG - Barack Obama says there is a danger in the United States and around the world with politics being driven by passions disconnected from facts. “I think the danger that we have sometime...
Mar 05, 2019
Obama tells Winnipeg audience that politics being driven by passions not facts
WINNIPEG - Barack Obama says there is a danger in the United States and around the world with politics being driven by passions disconnected from facts. “I think the danger that we have sometime...
Mar 05, 2019
Saskatchewan's Moe wants carbon tax delayed pending Appeal Court ruling
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is asking Ottawa to hold off on imposing a carbon tax next month until the province’s Court of Appeal has ruled on its constitutionality. Saskatchewan is ...
Mar 05, 2019
Small business to get rebates for some of the cost of energy efficiency projects
OTTAWA - The federal government’s plan to ease the carbon-price burden on small businesses will include rebate payments to cover some of the cost of making energy-efficiency upgrades. Environmen...
Mar 05, 2019
Saskatchewan man kept in segregation for more than 2,000 days: advocates
REGINA - Prisoners advocates are asking a Federal Court to intervene in the case of a Dene man from northern Saskatchewan who they say has spent most of his adult life in segregation and is at risk of...
Mar 05, 2019
Trudeau's feminist agenda has led to change, but more funding needed: reports
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has enacted genuinely feminist policies but needs to back them up with more money if it wants to make a lasting difference, Oxfam Canada says. The charity released its ...
Mar 05, 2019
PM strikes more conciliatory tone after second minister resigns over SNC-Lavalin
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped his insistence that his government has done nothing wrong in the SNC-Lavalin affair after a second cabinet minister in less than a month resigned Monday....
Mar 05, 2019