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Probation for some new Alberta bus, truck drivers after Broncos family pressure
EDMONTON - Alberta's transportation minister says there will be a two-year probationary period for thousands of bus and truck drivers who passed their exams before new training rules took effect....
Oct 18, 2019
Alberta introduces legislation allowing access to partner's criminal records
EDMONTON - Alberta is introducing legislation first developed in Britain that allows people in abusive relationships to request information about a partner's criminal record. Premier Ja...
Oct 18, 2019
Wright-designed home sold for nearly $1.7M
PHOENIX - An Arizona house that was the last home architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed before his death sold Wednesday for nearly $1.7 million. Out of nearly 20 bids at a public auction for the Norma...
Oct 18, 2019
Jury sequestered in case of Quebec man charged in murders of ex-wife, stranger
ST-JEROME, Que. - The fate of Ugo Fredette, a Quebec man charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his ex-wife and a stranger he met at a highway rest stop, is now...
Oct 18, 2019
Police responding to collision on Gershaw Drive
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat Police are asking the public to avoid the area of Gershaw Drive and Fifth Street Southwest.Police say they are currently responding to a motor vehicle collision at the ...
Oct 18, 2019
Bernier surprised by Bloc's popularity, says People's party more nationalistic
QUEBEC - People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier says he's a bit surprised by the popularity of the Bloc Quebecois and its leader, Yves-Francois Blanchet. Bernier told reporters Friday if Quebe...
Oct 18, 2019
Natural gas pipeline in central Alberta completed months ahead of schedule
DRAYTON VALLEY, AB - Premier Jason Kenney is on hand in Drayton Valley for the opening of the new Tidewater TransAlta Natural Gas Pipeline.It will increase the capacity of natural gas shipments from 5...
Oct 18, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney speaking about the natural gas pipeline's completion.
Judge reserves decision in Lethbridge Pro-Life court case against the City over anti-abortion ads
LETHBRIDGE, AB - How freedom of speech as protected in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms can or should be balanced, with the rights of the City of Lethbridge to act in the public good is the subject ...
Oct 18, 2019 LPL ad displayed on a transit bench in the spring of 2018
Sissons 'humbled' by Alberta Order of Excellence
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat's Malcolm Sissons received the province's highest honour in Edmonton on Thursday.Sissons was one of eight Albertans to receive the Alberta Order of Excellence during a ...
Oct 18, 2019 Malcolm Sissons (Government of Alberta photo)
Edmonton Strathcona Green Party candidate drops out, asks supporters to vote NDP
EDMONTON - The Green Party candidate in the only riding in Alberta held by the NDP before the federal election call has dropped out of the race and is urging supporters to vote for his New Democ...
Oct 18, 2019