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City businesses can double up on city, provincial relief programs
EDMONTON - A new provincial aid package that will help small- and medium-sized businesses pay for costs associated with COVID-19 protections will be open for applications in Medicine Hat starting July...
Jun 29, 2020
Family wants change after Redcliff man dies during surgery wait caused by COVID-19
REDCLIFF, AB - An elective surgery that couldn't be scheduled due to COVID-19 has left a Redcliff family mourning and seeking change so no other family has to suffer a similar tragedy. The family of J...
Jun 29, 2020
One more COVID-19 case in Medicine Hat, 71 more province-wide
The number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alberta has spiked and there is another new case in Medicine Hat. According to the newest numbers on alberta.ca, 71 cases were confirmed in the past 24 ho...
Jun 29, 2020
Ottawa granted extension to overhaul medical assistance in dying legislation
MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has granted the federal government a five-month extension to revise its legislation on medical assistance in dying, giving Ottawa until just before Christmas to confor...
Jun 29, 2020
VanVleet: Timing of restart amid racial unrest "sucks," but he likes BLM focus
Fred VanVleet wishes he could wear "everybody's name ever" on the back of his Toronto Raptors jersey in honour of the Black Lives Matter movement. Players will be permitted to replace their names...
Jun 29, 2020
Business registration now faster, easier across western provinces
Until now, Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba had separate processes and systems for corporations and limited partnerships to complete their extra-provincial business registrations a...
Jun 29, 2020
Veterans Affairs hiring more staff to tackle growing backlog of disability cases
OTTAWA - The federal government is hiring hundreds more temporary staff to tackle the growing backlog of applications from disabled veterans asking for help. The plan was unveiled today as new figures...
Jun 29, 2020
Ujiri confident in restart, saying 'the NBA is a seriously well-oiled machine'
The Toronto Raptors' return to basketball has them living in an otherwise empty hotel in the Fort Myers area of Florida, a COVID-19 hotspot that has seen new cases skyrocketing. They wake up to a...
Jun 29, 2020
Blue Jays closer to getting full approval for training in Toronto
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays appear one step closer to being able to train at Rogers Centre for the upcoming season. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that "municipal, provincial and...
Jun 29, 2020
Alberta cuts business tax, boosts infrastructure spending to reboot economy
EDMONTON - Alberta is cutting business taxes and pumping $10 billion into infrastructure projects to springboard its economy out of the financial crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prem...
Jun 29, 2020