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PM Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act for 'illegal' blockades
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has invoked the Emergencies Act to bring to an end antigovernment blockades he describes as illegal and not about peaceful protest.Trudeau says the act w...
Feb 14, 2022
Medicine Hat to host pickleball provincials
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The 2022 Pickleball Alberta Provincial Championships are coming to Medicine Hat this summer.The event will be hosted at the new 20-court pickleball facility at the Big Marble Go Cen...
Feb 14, 2022
Canada sets ambitious immigration targets for post-pandemic recovery
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to keep ramping up the record number of new permanent residents in Canada over the next three years as it works through a massive backlog of applications that hav...
Feb 14, 2022
Feds move up timeline to repay benefit clawbacks for low-income seniors
OTTAWA - The federal government says it plans to hand out millions in benefits in April to low-income seniors who saw their income top-ups reduced because they received emergency pandemic aid. The gov...
Feb 14, 2022
Navy engineer pleads guilty to selling submarine secrets
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Navy nuclear engineer pleaded guilty Monday to trying to pass information about American nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country. Jonathan Toebbe, 43, pleaded guilty in feder...
Feb 14, 2022
Trudeau to invoke Emergencies Act as blockades drag on
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will tell Canadians later today he is invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time as antigovernment blockades continue.Trudeau consulted premiers about using...
Feb 14, 2022
Former Speaker of B.C. legislature doesn't recall retirement payout documents: trial
VANCOUVER - A former Speaker of British Columbia's legislature says he doesn't remember seeing many of the documents outlining retirement and financial benefits linked to a breach-of-trust trial. Bill...
Feb 14, 2022
Chaotic comedy: Medicine Hat Musical Theatre gets back to normal with The Ding Dong
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat Musical Theatre had to cancel an entire season of shows and when they returned in the fall, it was only for scaled-back radio plays.They return to regularly-scheduled p...
Feb 14, 2022
'It has helped us immensely': lower child-care fees welcomed by local families
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It's a bit of a different feeling for Janelle Lesmeister this year as she drops off her three-year-old son.The working mom's $1,000 child-care bill is now just $250."It has helped u...
Feb 14, 2022
Emergencies Act could freeze protest trucks out of area around Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Invoking the Emergencies Act could allow the federal government to forbid more large trucks from rolling into the gridlocked area around Parliament Hill. Security expert Wesley Wark says decl...
Feb 14, 2022