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Extra weeks to be added to COVID-19 benefits for workers, parents, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is adding 12 weeks of eligibility to two key benefits for unemployed workers and parents at home with children. The extra life for th...
Feb 19, 2021
Toronto FC president Bill Manning says Toronto FC will open 2021 season in Florida
Toronto FC will open the 2021 regular season in Florida due to pandemic-related travel restrictions. Tampa has been mentioned as a possible home. The MLS club also has ties to Orlando, having held tra...
Feb 19, 2021
Local charter options available following WestJet's temporary suspension
MEDICINE HAT, AB - With the temporary suspension of Medicine Hat WestJet flights starting next month, there are other options to get to Calgary, Alberta, or Canada without driving.Owner of Super T Avi...
Feb 19, 2021
Oil and gas companies owe $2.4 million in unpaid taxes to Cypress County
DUNMORE, AB - Alberta's rural communities say they are owed $245 million in unpaid property taxes from energy companies in the province.Cypress County chief administrative officer Tarolyn Aaserud says...
Feb 19, 2021
Provincial opposition won't deter federal action on municipal handgun bans, PM says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signalled today the federal government won't let provincial opposition stand in the way of municipalities that want to work with Ottawa to ban handguns. Trudeau ...
Feb 19, 2021
Sentencing hearing continues for man who pleaded guilty to murdering two children
EDMONTON - A sentencing hearing continues today in Edmonton Court of Queen's Bench for a man who admitted to assaulting his girlfriend and killing her two young children. The 31-year-old man, who cann...
Feb 19, 2021
Jury deliberating in trial of man accused of killing woman in Edmonton hotel room
EDMONTON - A jury has begun deliberating the fate of an Ontario man accused of killing a woman whose bloody body was found in the bathtub of his Edmonton hotel room. Bradley Barton has pleaded not gui...
Feb 19, 2021
Union pressing Olymel to pay employees during Red Deer plant shutdown
RED DEER, AB - The union representing staff at the Olymel pork processing plant in Red Deer says it's exploring legal options to make sure workers are paid during a shutdown brought on by a COVID-19 o...
Feb 19, 2021
Domestic assault charges against Raptors guard Davis dismissed
NEW YORK - The New York District Attorney's Office dismissed domestic assault charges against Toronto Raptors guard Terence Davis on Friday. Davis had faced several charges after he and his girlfriend...
Feb 19, 2021
Ethics committee rejects plan to relocate Quebec deer that were slated to be killed
LONGUEUIL, Que. - A plan to relocate deer from a Montreal-area park has fallen through after an ethics committee deemed the strategy unsafe. About half the population of white-tailed deer in Michel-Ch...
Feb 19, 2021