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COVID-19 pandemic highlights need to document decisions: Information commissioner
OTTAWA - The federal information czar says the shift to doing government work at home is underscoring a need to ensure decisions are properly documented. Information commissioner Caroline Maynard is c...
Sep 28, 2020

U.S. judge orders Canadian woman accused of threatening Trump to remain in custody
A Quebec woman accused of sending a ricin-laced threat to President Donald Trump was equipped to cause bodily harm when she was arrested, a U.S. judge said Monday as he ordered Pascale Ferrier to rema...
Sep 28, 2020

U.S. misrepresented allegations against Meng Wanzhou to Canada: lawyer
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is back in a Vancouver court today, where her lawyers are arguing the United States omitted or misstated facts to Canadian officials ahead of her arres...
Sep 28, 2020

Agriculture industry setting records this year in Alberta
Alberta is expected to see record highs in the agriculture industry this year.Crop yields are estimated to be more than seven per cent above what is normal. Livestock market sales are estimated to hit...
Sep 28, 2020

Queen's Plate winner Mighty Heart tops field for $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes
He captured the Queen's Plate as a 13/1 longshot, but Mighty Heart won't have the element of surprise in the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes. The one-eyed colt is the 7/5 earl...
Sep 28, 2020

EU-UK spat over Brexit deal clouds key trade talks this week
BRUSSELS - Britain entered a crucial week of post-Brexit talks with the European Union on Monday by rejecting the EU's demand that it drop plans to breach the legally binding agreement it signed on it...
Sep 28, 2020

Calgary hospital restricts visitors, postpones surgeries as COVID-19 infections grow
CALGARY - A Calgary hospital is postponing surgeries and restricting visitors as a COVID-19 outbreak grows. Alberta Health Services says 26 patients and 27 workers at the Foothills Medical Centr...
Sep 28, 2020

CPP breaking its rules with third-party donations in U.S: environment group
TORONTO - An environmental group says the Canada Pension Plan is dodging rules that say its money cannot be used for political ends. John Bennett of Friends of the Earth says the national plan owns a ...
Sep 28, 2020

Renewable energy sector growing in southeastern Alberta
MEDICINE HAT, AB - With natural gas activity waning in southeastern Alberta and oil prices suffering, the renewable energy sector is still growing in the region.A recent report by energy sector consul...
Sep 28, 2020

Alberta researchers get $2.1M for innovate tech projects to fight COVID-19
Seven researchers in Alberta will split $2.1 million as the province ramps up efforts to fight COVID-19.The researchers at the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta were chosen by a pane...
Sep 28, 2020