Military family support workers busy preparing for Afghanistan deployment
As 1,300 Edmonton-based soldiers prepare to depart for Afghanistan, it’s a busy time for family support workers who will deal with the spouses and children who stay behind.
Canada’s Lueders recovers to reach bobsled podium
Edmonton driver Pierre Lueders and Calgary brakeman Lascelles Brown overcame a tough first heat to earn a bronze medal in the men’s two-man World Cup bobsleigh event Saturday in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Police find no evidence of foul play in highway death
The death of a woman whose body was found by the side of a highway outside Edmonton in November was not criminal in nature, Leduc police concluded Friday.
It tapes a thief: Store owner puts security video on YouTube
The owner of a computer store outside St. John’s said he had no ethical qualms with putting a security video on the internet in a bid to find a thief.
Transit driver charged with impaired driving
A driver for Edmonton’s disabled adult transit service (DATS) has been charged with impaired driving after he was found passed out behind the wheel Thursday afternoon in the city’s northeast, police said.
Family Day not popular with many Ontario employers: survey
A new survey says as many as 40 per cent of workers in Ontario will not be given an extra holiday in February.
