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'Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller moved to halfway house
PITTSBURGH - Former “Dance Moms” reality TV star Abby Lee Miller has been transferred from prison to a halfway house as she prepares for her release from custody. The 51-year-old Miller wa...
Mar 28, 2018
Financial aid requests won't be hindered by Service Canada closures: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Service Canada employees can and should be working from home, despite the growing demand generated by financial aid applications. The federal government ann...
Mar 27, 2020
City property taxes due at months end
Property owners in North Battleford have until Aug. 31 to pay their tax bill without penalty. The city will apply a penalty of 1.8 per cent to any outstanding 2019 tax bill on Sept. 1 and the first da...
Aug 30, 2019
Russia to expel 6 British diplomats it accuses of spying and 'subversive activities'
Russia's Federal Security Service on Friday accused six British diplomats of spying and said a decision has been made to withdraw their accreditation. Russian state TV quoted an official from the secu...
Sep 13, 2024
Alberta proposes changes to vital statistics on names, gender designations
EDMONTON - Alberta is proposing legislation that would allow people who don’t identify as either male or female to put a third gender marker such as an X on government documents. “With thi...
Nov 08, 2016
Highlights of the 2019-20 British Columbia budget
VICTORIA - Highlights of British Columbia's 2019-20 budget presented Tuesday: - A new Child Opportunity Benefit will replace an existing tax program for families next year, providing families with one...
Feb 19, 2019
Feds reducing paycheque problems, aim to solve all by Oct. 31
OTTAWA - The federal government says it’s going to cost at least $40 million to $50 million this year to straighten out its troubled new pay system. However, officials say they are starting to s...
Sep 07, 2016
Saskatchewan Housing Benefit to reach more renters
The federal and provincial governments are stepping up a housing funding program.The Saskatchewan Housing Benefit was created in April to help low-income residents cover their rents. According to a me...
Dec 21, 2020
Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson dies at 50 from cancer
NEW YORK - Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, the first African-American to hold the office and whose career included internationally high-profile cases in private practice as well as a stin...
Oct 10, 2016
Richard Pyle, accomplished AP reporter for 50 years, dies
NEW YORK - Journalist Richard Pyle, whose long and accomplished Associated Press career spanned the globe and a half-century of crisis, war, catastrophe and indelible moments in news reporting, died a...
Sep 29, 2017