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Pentagon splits $9 billion cloud contract between 4 firms
WASHINGTON (AP) - Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon will share in the Pentagon's $9 billion contract to build its cloud computing network, a year after accusations of politicization over the previo...
Dec 07, 2022
Alberta, Saskatchewan chiefs call for sovereignty acts to be withdrawn
OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs in Alberta and Saskatchewan are calling for their provinces to toss proposed legislation they say is inherently undemocratic, unconstitutional and infringes on Indigenous...
Dec 07, 2022
Traffic stop leads to the arrest of two drug-traffickers
On December 6, officers from the RCMP Western Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit and the Grande Prairie Crime Reduction Unit pulled over a vehicle with what police allege were known repeat offender...
Dec 07, 2022
UPDATE: Woman missing in Grande Cache located safe and unharmed
UPDATE: Grande Cache RCMP say Ashley has been located, safe and unharmed. They thank the public for their assistance.Grande Cache RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating a 30-year-old woman.A...
Dec 07, 2022
Beaverlodge Hospital ED without physician coverage overnight
An unexpected doctor shortage means there will be no physician coverage at the Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital Emergency Department from 5 p.m. tonight (December 7) until 8 a.m. Thursday, December 8. D...
Dec 07, 2022
Katrina Chen exits B.C. cabinet, citing 'long-standing trauma,' gender-based violence
VICTORIA - Former British Columbia cabinet member Katrina Chen says she took herself out of contention for a new ministerial position in order to deal with "long-standing trauma" suffered as a result ...
Dec 07, 2022
Kings lend defenceman Brandt Clarke to Canada's world junior team
CALGARY - The NHL's Los Angeles Kings have loaned defenceman Brandt Clarke to Canada's world junior hockey team ahead of its selection camp for the 2023 world junior championship. Clarke, selected eig...
Dec 07, 2022
Advocate asks AFN chiefs to ensure $40B settlement deal leaves no child behind
OTTAWA - A First Nations child-welfare advocate says chiefs should ensure that "no child is left behind" in a landmark $40-billion settlement agreement with the federal government. Cindy Blackstock wa...
Dec 07, 2022
Alberta sovereignty bill close to finish line as government invokes debate time limit
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's sovereignty bill galloped toward the finish line Wednesday, with the government using debate time limits to rebut what it called Opposition delay tactics. O...
Dec 07, 2022
US appeals ruling that would lift asylum restrictions
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The U.S. government said Wednesday it is appealing a court ruling that would otherwise lift asylum restrictions that have become the cornerstone of border enforcement in recent y...
Dec 07, 2022