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Vancouver Whitecaps hope to set the tone early against LA Galaxy
VANCOUVER - Head coach Marc Dos Santos wants the Vancouver Whitecaps to show some early aggression when they play their first away match of the season against the LA Galaxy on Saturday. Dos Santos bel...
Mar 06, 2020
Alberta premier says he agrees with survey urging end to daylight time
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says a large majority of Albertans recently surveyed want to end daylight time and he's in favour of it.Kenney says about 90 per cent of those surveyed said they wanted...
Mar 06, 2020
Coronavirus may force government to ditch balanced-budget plan: Kenney
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says the novel cornonavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2023....
Mar 06, 2020
Alberta's Bottcher tops Ontario's Epping 10-3 to lock up 1-2 Page berth at Brier
KINGSTON, Ont. - Alberta's Brendan Bottcher locked up a berth in the 1-2 Page playoff game at the Tim Hortons Brier with a 10-3 victory over Ontario's John Epping on Friday afternoon. Bottcher secured...
Mar 06, 2020
Austin officials cancel South by Southwest festival
AUSTIN, Texas - Austin city officials have cancelled the South by Southwest arts and technology festival. Mayor Steve Adler announced a local disaster as a precaution because of the threat of the nove...
Mar 06, 2020
More than 16,000 natural resource jobs lost in Alberta over past 12 months
MEDICINE HAT, AB - While there is some positive news coming out of the latest job statistics, how good that news is will be largely dependent on the category of occupation as the natural resource sect...
Mar 06, 2020 Alberta's labour market by sector. (Image courtesy of the Alberta government).
Navy's aging warships getting harder to repair: Defence report
OTTAWA - An internal Defence Department study has found that the Royal Canadian Navy's maintenance facilities are having a harder time fixing Canada's warships because of staff shortages, lack of spar...
Mar 06, 2020
Bujold hopes to cap comeback from baby with trip to Tokyo Olympics
What would Mandy Bujold say to her daughter about chasing her dreams? When the Canadian boxer was weighing a possible return to the Olympic ring four years after Games heartbreak i...
Mar 06, 2020
Federal government appoints three new judges to Alberta Court of Queen's Bench
EDMONTON - Three new judges appointed to Alberta Court of Queen's Bench are all from Edmonton.Melanie Hayes-Richards, Nathan Whitling and Shaina Leonard have been named to the superior court.Hayes-Ric...
Mar 06, 2020
MLA Neudorf: budget “corrects spending” and invests in jobs
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The MLA for Lethbridge-East says last week's provincial budget makes some tough spending decisions, but ones that will ultimately be beneficial.Nathan Neudorf told LNN that, while the...
Mar 06, 2020 Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf. (Supplied by Nathan Neudorf)