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Who will become Alberta’s next premier? A look at Danielle Smith and Rachel Notley
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta’s provincial election has been called for May 29. Here’s a look at the leaders of the province’s two main parties: Danielle Smith, UCP Leader Age: 52. Born April 1, 1971. Pre-Politics: English and economics degrees from the University of Calgary. Columnist with the Calgary Herald and show host at Global TV. Politics: ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Writ drops for Alberta provincial election on May 29
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
CALGARY – The writ for the Alberta election has dropped. Chief electoral officer Glen Resler says voters will head to the polls on May 29 for the province’s 31st general election. He says nearly 20,000 election officers are being recruited to run polls in the 87 constituencies across the province. United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Writ drops for Alberta provincial election on May 29
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
CALGARY – Alberta’s chief electoral officer, Glen Resler, says the writ has been issued for a May 29 provincial election. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sudan crisis: Canadians attempt land evacuations as calls for mediation continue
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada is encouraging Sudan’s neighbours to help the country find a mediated end to recent violence, as it attempts to continue getting Canadians to safety via perilous land evacuations. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says he spoke this morning with Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and thanked him for the country’s “exceptional support” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Water pressure: Indigenous leaders from U.S., Canada still demanding pollution probe
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
WASHINGTON – Indigenous and tribal leaders from Canada and the U.S. are keeping up the pressure on both countries to investigate toxic mining runoff from British Columbia. They want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and B.C. Premier David Eby to agree to a bilateral investigation under a long-standing transborder water treaty. That’s despite last month’s vow ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Strike over for 120,000 public servants as union inks tentative deal with feds
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – The country’s largest federal public-sector union reached a tentative contract agreement with the government overnight, covering more than 120,000 public servants across the country and bringing them back to work after a 12-day strike. It meant that the majority of Public Service Alliance of Canada workers who had hit the picket lines since ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tentative agreement reached with Treasury Board for workers: In The News for May 1
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 1 … What we are watching in Canada … The Public Service Alliance of Canada has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Treasury ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bolo program spreading word of wanted fugitives to make announcement in Toronto
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
TORONTO – Officials with a national program intended to enlist public help in arresting Canada’s most wanted fugitives are expected to make an announcement in Toronto this morning. The Bolo program – which stands for “be on the lookout” – offered few details about the announcement. But both the Toronto Police Service and British Columbia’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PSAC says tentative agreement reached with Treasury Board for 120,000 workers
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – The Public Service Alliance of Canada has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Treasury Board covering more than 120,000 federal government workers across the country. The national strike is now over for Treasury Board workers, specifically members of the PA, SV, TC and EB bargaining groups, who are required to return to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PSAC says tentative agreement reached with Treasury Board for 120,000 members
By The Canadian Press on April 30th, 2023
The Public Service Alliance of Canada says it has reached a tentative agreement with the Treasury Board for over 120,000 workers. More coming. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 1, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rally decries lack of federal regulation targetting shipbreaking operations
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on April 30th, 2023
A Vancouver Island community is sounding the alarm about the lack of federal and provincial regulations targetting boat-dismantling operations that may leak pollutants like asbestos and heavy metals into Canadian waters. Several residents of Union Bay, B.C., located about 180 kilometres northwest of Vancouver, voiced their opposition to one such local operation during a rally ... Read More »
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