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• Why is the federal government looking to create a national emergency agency?

  08-06-2023 23:28
  
  The federal government is looking at creating some kind of national disaster response agency in the face of an unusually intense and destructive start to the wildfire season across the country.
  
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• GM’s electric vehicles will gain access to Tesla’s vast charging ... - Ponoka News

  08-06-2023 23:25 via news.google.com
  
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• GM’s electric vehicles will gain access to Tesla’s vast charging network

  08-06-2023 23:25
  
  Electric vehicles made by General Motors will be able to use much of Tesla’s extensive charging network beginning early next year under an agreement the two companies announced Thursday.
  
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• Trudeau Foundation board chair says donation from Chinese company has been returned

  08-06-2023 23:20
  
  The chair of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation’s board says the organization has returned a $140,000 donation to Millennium Golden Eagle International.
  
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• New Canadian War Museum exhibition explores historic ... - Ponoka News

  08-06-2023 23:17 via news.google.com
  
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• New Canadian War Museum exhibition explores historic connections between war, games

  08-06-2023 23:17
  
  A new exhibition at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa explores the connections between conflict and games throughout history.
  
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• Biden condemns wave of state legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, says ‘these are our kids’

  08-06-2023 23:13
  
  President Joe Biden on Thursday condemned a wave of “cruel” and “callous” state laws curbing the rights, visibility and health care access of LGBTQ+ people, especially children, leaving them feeling under attack like never before and the White House with limited options to intervene.
  
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• Smoke from wildfires, a fact of life in the West, catches outdoor workers off guard in the East

  08-06-2023 23:06
  
  The hazardous haze from Canada’s wildfires is taking its toll on people whose jobs have forced them outdoors along the U.S. East Coast even as a dystopian orange hue led to the cancellation of sports events, school field trips and Broadway plays.
  
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• Leduc traffic stop results in charges against three - Ponoka News

  08-06-2023 22:14 via news.google.com
  
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• Leduc traffic stop results in charges against three

  08-06-2023 22:14
  
  A May 19 traffic Leduc by the RCMP Drug Unit has led to an arrest and the seizure of weapons and drugs.
  
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• PDHF raffle winners announced - Ponoka News

  08-06-2023 18:40 via news.google.com
  
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• PDHF raffle winners announced

  08-06-2023 18:40
  
  The Ponoka and District Health Foundation’s (PDHF’s) raffle was drawn on June 1, at the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre.
  
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• Ponoka Hospital Ladies Auxiliary beautifies long-term care patio - Ponoka News

  08-06-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Ponoka Hospital Ladies Auxiliary beautifies long-term care patio

  08-06-2023 18:30
  
  Volunteers from the Ponoka Hospital Ladies Auxiliary have spent numerous hours beautifying the long-term care (LTC) patio at the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre. This is one of many ways the 50 auxiliary members fulfill their mandate of “patient comfort and care.”
  
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• Reckless driver causes mayhem on section of Aspen Beach

  08-06-2023 17:30
  
  A reckless driver caused plenty of chaos on a section of Aspen Beach during the evening of June 4.
  
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• Veteran quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell welcomes new beginning with Hamilton Tiger-Cats

  08-06-2023 17:24
  
  Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats will certainly be hitting the ground running to open the 2023 CFL season.
  
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• Bell Media touts ‘strike-proof’ TV slates as Hollywood labour disputes heat up

  08-06-2023 17:21
  
  Executives at Bell Media say they’ve designed a “strike-proof” fall television lineup that will carry its banner CTV network and Crave TV and streaming platform through months of potential labour unrest that’s already shut down much of Hollywood.
  
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• Government policy tells CRTC to exclude social media users from online streaming bill

  08-06-2023 17:18
  
  The federal government is telling Canada’s broadcasting regulator to exclude individual social media creators in the regulations to implement the government’s new online streaming law.
  
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• Lawyer tells Alberta’s highest court review board biased in de Grood’s case

  08-06-2023 17:14
  
  Alberta’s highest court is being asked to overturn a review board decision that confined a man to a supervised Edmonton group home after the stabbing deaths of five young people at a Calgary house party.
  
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• Air pollution cloaks eastern US for a second day. Here’s why there is so much smoke

  08-06-2023 17:12
  
  Intense smoke blanketed the northeastern United States for a second day Wednesday, turning the air a yellowish gray and prompting warnings for people to stay inside and keep windows closed. The smoke was flowing from dozens of wildfires in several Canadian provinces.
  
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• Loblaw-owned T&T Supermarkets to open U.S. flagship store in Bellevue, Washington

  08-06-2023 17:09
  
  T&T Supermarkets, the largest chain of Asian grocery stores in Canada, is expanding into the U.S. with a store in Bellevue, Washington, set to open next summer.
  
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• Wildfire battles continue under heat, air quality alerts over most of Canada

  08-06-2023 17:06
  
  The battle against hundreds of wildfires continues today as large swaths of Canada remain under either heat or air quality warnings.
  
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• Kia’s 2024 EV9; Mercedes electric G-Class; Subaru Crosstrek ... - Ponoka News

  08-06-2023 04:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Police watchdog investigating after Alberta RCMP shooting leaves ... - Ponoka News

  08-06-2023 00:42 via news.google.com
  
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• Police watchdog investigating after Alberta RCMP shooting leaves man dead

  08-06-2023 00:42
  
  Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating after Valleyview RCMP shot and killed a man Monday night.
  
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• Feds looking at options for a national disaster response agency as wildfires rage

  08-06-2023 00:38
  
  The federal government is studying options for creating a new national disaster response agency.
  
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• Bail hearing to continue for Alberta man accused of sexually assaulting five women

  08-06-2023 00:35
  
  A bail hearing for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting women in Calgary will continue later this month.
  
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• Vancouver Island road closed, campfire bans, as drought raises wildfire risks in B.C.

  08-06-2023 00:33
  
  A small but aggressive wildfire on Vancouver Island is burning beside the only major highway linking Port Alberni, Tofino and Ucluelet to the rest of British Columbia.
  
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• CNN ousts CEO Chris Licht after a brief, tumultuous tenure

  08-06-2023 00:29
  
  The chief executive CNN pushed out of a job on Wednesday faced mounting problems in his first year leading the struggling network: viewership and profits were declining, programming blunders were growing and the network’s journalists were losing confidence by the day.
  
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• Defrocked Nunavut priest arrested on historical sexual assault charges - Ponoka News

  08-06-2023 00:24 via news.google.com
  
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• Defrocked Nunavut priest arrested on historical sexual assault charges

  08-06-2023 00:24
  
  A defrocked Oblate priest and convicted sex offender is facing eight new criminal charges for past sexual assaults he allegedly committed while living in Nunavut.
  
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• Canada marks Clean Air Day with worst air quality in the world as wildfires rage

  08-06-2023 00:22
  
  Hazy skies tinged with an eerie yellow glow greeted millions of Canadians in Quebec and Ontario again Wednesday as the smoke from hundreds of wildfires continued to cause air quality warnings in Canada’s most populated corridor.
  
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