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Provinces balk at Liberals' child-care budget pledge as funding negotiations loom
OTTAWA - Multiple provincial governments are questioning the Liberals' promise of a national child-care system, saying they either feel the strings on the cash are too tight, or won't necessarily help...
Apr 20, 2021
Periodic roadblocks but no individual stops planned for B.C.'s COVID-19 travel rules
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is looking at using periodic roadblocks to limit travel in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19. Mike Farnworth, minister of public safety and the solicitor ...
Apr 20, 2021
Out of sight but centre stage, jurors weigh Chauvin's fate
MINNEAPOLIS - The jurors who sat off-camera through three weeks of draining testimony in Derek Chauvin's murder trial in George Floyd's death were in the spotlight Tuesday, still out of sight but now ...
Apr 20, 2021
Desmond inquiry: Veterans Affairs refusing to disclose review to fatality inquiry
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Veterans Affairs Canada has refused to disclose to an inquiry its internal review of how it handled the tragic case of Lionel Desmond, the Afghanistan war veteran from Nova Sco...
Apr 20, 2021
Former star goaltender Luongo named general manager of Canada's hockey worlds team
CALGARY - Former star goaltender Roberto Luongo has been named the general manager for Canada's men's team for the 2021 world hockey championship. Hockey Canada said Tuesday in a release that Luongo w...
Apr 20, 2021
Police report weekend spike in property crime
Prince Albert Police are reminding the public to keep all valuables out of site and properly secured.This comes after several reports over the weekend of property theft and break and enters to sheds a...
Apr 20, 2021
Ontario Hockey League cancels 2020-21 season as COVID-19 cases surge in province
TORONTO - The Ontario Hockey League has cancelled its 2020-21 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision on Tuesday means the OHL will be the only one of Canada's three major junior hockey ...
Apr 20, 2021
Dionne says promised P.A. forestry manufacturing facility still waiting for provincial approval
Six months after he announced a massive forestry manufacturing facility was "ready to build" in Prince Albert, Mayor Greg Dionne says the project is still waiting for provincial approval. "The City of...
Apr 20, 2021
Hoback reacts to 'wow' federal budget spending
Prince Albert MP, Conservative Randy Hoback, is happy to see a federal election appears unlikely in response to the Liberal budget handed down Monday.As he and others try to digest the enormous 739-pa...
Apr 20, 2021
Oscar predictions: Can anything beat 'Nomadland'?
Ahead of Sunday's 93rd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions for a ceremony that is forging on in the midst of the pandemic. BEST PICTURE Th...
Apr 20, 2021
