Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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‘Death is so real:’ Immigrant group says meat workers afraid after plant closure
CALGARY - An organization that works with immigrants says the temporary closure of a large slaughterhouse in southern Alberta has left many among its largely Filipino workforce fearful for the future....
Apr 25, 2020 Cargill announced a temporary shut down of its beef plant near High River where officials in the area are dealing with over 400 cases of COVID-19 linked to the plant, including the death of a worker, in High River, Alta., Thursday, April 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Preventive measures at Alberta meat plants came too late to stop outbreaks
CALGARY - The rapid spread of COVID-19 at Canada's meat-packing plants isn't a surprise, say union and health officials. Fabian Murphy, president of the Agriculture Union, which represents federal mea...
Apr 23, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Nati Harnik
Alberta predicting 400 to 6,600 deaths from COVID-19 in months to come
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says forecast models for the COVID-19 crisis in Alberta predict anywhere from 400 to 6,600 deaths in the months to come. Kenney, in a televised address Tuesday, said wh...
Apr 08, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Alberta reports first COVID-19 death
Alberta has recorded its first death from COVID-19. Chief medical officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the man who died was in his 60s and had underlying health conditions. She says it appears he contracted...
Mar 19, 2020
Alberta declares state of public emergency
Alberta is declaring a state of public emergency in reaction to the COVID-19 virus. As part of that effort, Premier Jason Kenney announced that any gathering larger than 50 people will be cancelled --...
Mar 17, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Alberta government orders cancellation of kindergarten to Grade 12 classes, closure of daycares in response to COVID-19
The Alberta government has ordered the immediate cancellation of all kindergarten to Grade 12 classes in the province, and the closure of daycares as it tries to limit the spread of COVID-19. -More to...
Mar 15, 2020
Little-used part of Constitution led to different carbon tax rulings: experts
EDMONTON - Different rulings from courts on the federal government's carbon tax are a result of judges working through a section of the Constitution that is seldom used, say legal experts. They say th...
Feb 25, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Alberta Appeal Court sides with Alberta on federal carbon tax
EDMONTON - The Alberta Court of Appeal gave opponents of the federal carbon tax their first win on Monday when it ruled that the levy is unconstitutional. In a 4-1 decision, the Appeal Court said the ...
Feb 24, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Teck withdraws application for Frontier mine, citing discourse over climate change
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. has withdrawn its application for a massive oilsands mining project just days ahead of an expected government decision, citing the political discourse over climate chan...
Feb 24, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Val Sweeting wins elusive Scotties title with Kerri Einarson's Manitoba rink
Val Sweeting finally won the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and she was able to do it in the province she grew up in. She just wasn't wearing green to do it. Sweeting was the third on Kerri Einarson's ...
Feb 23, 2020 Manitoba Skip Kerri Einarson (far left), third Val Sweeting, second Shannon Birchard and lead Briane Meilleur celebrate winning the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw on Feb. 23, 2020. (Curling Canada/Twitter)
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