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Ranks of long-term unemployed swell even as economy added 84,000 jobs in October

Long-term unemployed now make up 24.8 per cent of Canada's unemployed

Nov 6, 2020 2:15 PM Read more >

EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Presidential race too early to call

WASHINGTON — The Associated Press is not calling the presidential race yet because neither candidate has secured the 270 electoral college votes needed for victory.

Nov 6, 2020 1:15 PM Read more >

Arctic animals showing climate adaptation, but it may be causing declines: study

The results confirm one thing that has been suspected for years

Nov 6, 2020 12:15 PM Read more >

Flu shot demand up and getting more supply won't be easy

Alberta reports having vaccinated nearly 600,000 people in just the first week the flu shot was available

Nov 6, 2020 11:45 AM Read more >

Dunfield believed to be first Métis president of NAIG Council

Dunfield is chair of the Indigenous Sport Council of Alberta (ISCA)

Nov 6, 2020 10:15 AM Read more >

Alberta auditor flags $1.6B in government accounting blunders, oversight problems

EDMONTON — Alberta’s auditor general has flagged $1.6 billion worth of accounting blunders along with other oversight problems by Premier Jason Kenney’s government.

Nov 5, 2020 4:29 PM Read more >

'It's a sombre place': Broncos permanent memorial in the works

“From everything we've talked about, we know that their hearts are in the right place, they're going to try and do something to honour the Broncos. And I'm sure they'll do a good job,” Chris Joseph said.

Nov 5, 2020 4:15 PM Read more >

Giant 'murder-hornet' with painful sting discovered in BC

Just a couple of weeks ago, the first-ever Asian giant hornet nest in the U.S. was discovered just south of the B.C. border in Blaine, Washington.

Nov 5, 2020 11:15 AM Read more >

Experts say Canada's three-layer face mask recommendations make sense

As the cold winter weather forces most of us indoors during the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's health leaders say it's time to upgrade our cloth face masks. Dr.

Nov 5, 2020 8:45 AM Read more >

Alberta confirms Canada's first human case of swine flu in central part of province

EDMONTON — Alberta's chief medical officer of health says Canada's first confirmed case of H1N2v, a variant swine flu virus found in humans, has been detected in the central part of the province. Dr. Deena Hinshaw and Dr.

Nov 4, 2020 3:15 PM Read more >