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Chelsea Manning barred from Canada due to prior convictions: Immigration tribunal
OTTAWA - Famed whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been barred from Canada by the Immigration and Refugee Board. Manning was an intelligence analyst in the United States military when she leaked hundred...
Apr 12, 2022
Province outlines strategy to help tech and innovation sector grow
CALGARY - The provincial government has released its strategy to boost the technology and innovation sector, create jobs and diversify the economy.The Alberta Technology and Innovation Strategy is a p...
Apr 12, 2022
Federal housing budget a good start, more targeted support needed: Housing advocates
OTTAWA - Advocates say while the federal government's focus on housing affordability in the budget is promising, its measures could go further to help people in the most dire housing need. Emilie Coyl...
Apr 12, 2022
B.C. coroner wants 'urgent action' on safer drug supply six years into OD crisis
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's coroner says over 9,400 people in the province have died of an overdose from toxic illicit drugs since the government declared a public health emergency six years ago. L...
Apr 12, 2022
Ginsburg's art, fur coat, awards in auction to benefit opera
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg so liked the caricature that accompanied an article about her that she got a copy from the artist and hung it in her Supreme Court office. That signed and...
Apr 12, 2022
Federal department questioned quality of 2021 Indigenous census data, documents show
OTTAWA - Federal officials questioned the quality of the 2021 census data for Indigenous communities after collection efforts were hampered by factors including the discovery of unmarked residential s...
Apr 12, 2022
Redcliff family sending medical supplies to Ukraine
REDCLIFF, AB - Raymond and Alison Vis were fortunate enough to adopt their son Asher from Ukraine four years ago.It was a lengthy process, and they spent 10 weeks in Ukraine before they could bring As...
Apr 12, 2022
Federal department questioned quality of 2021 Indigenous census data, documents show
OTTAWA - Federal officials questioned the quality of the 2021 census data for Indigenous communities after collection efforts were hampered by factors including the discovery of unmarked residential s...
Apr 12, 2022
Most of those injured in fire that destroyed building in Vancouver out of hospital
VANCOUVER - Efforts are underway to find housing for displaced residents of a rooming hotel that has been reduced to a shell by fire in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood. Flames broke out in the 110-y...
Apr 12, 2022
City updates interactive project map for construction season
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Hatters will be able to stay up to date on construction projects in the city with the relaunch of the City of Medicine Hat's interactive project map ahead of the 2022 construction s...
Apr 12, 2022