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US will use sanctions to disrupt Iran's 'malign' activity, Yellen says
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday said Iran's attack on Israel last weekend and its financing of militant groups in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq threatened stability in the Middle East and could cause economic spillovers. Yellen began remarks prepared for a news conference by addressing what she called an unprecedented attack on Israel by Iran and its proxies, saying Treasury would use its sanctions authority and work with allies to "continue disrupting the Iranian regime’s malig
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Proposed Edmonton recovery centre aims to give lung transplant patients financial breathing room
When doctors told Karen Ganong she needed a double lung transplant she thought they had the wrong person.What started as a cough in April last year, resulted in several hospital visits and respiratory failure.Ganong has since been diagnosed with interstitial lung disease.From Airdrie, she and her husband Fred have been in Edmonton for three weeks undergoing lung boot camp to strengthen Ganong's condition before her transplant.Alongside the stress about her health, they say finding a way to affor
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Days of messy weather with travel, flood threats over the eastern Prairies
Special weather statements line parts of the eastern Prairies as a far-reaching spring storm threatens periods of heavy rain and snow this week
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VideoPrayer notes removed from Jerusalem's Western Wall ahead of Passover holiday
Bunched up notes, placed into crevices of ancient stones of the Western Wall - Judaism's holiest site, were removed on Tuesday ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The notes were placed there by visitors believing their requests might find a way to God. (AP video shot by Alon Bernstein)
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More April snow spreads into Alberta, and the wind chill returns
Snow, and a wind chill -- welcome to April in Alberta. Brace for slower commute times through Wednesday as conditions change quickly across the province
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Disabled people overrepresented in study of evicted tenants
A recently-released Statistics Canada study of evicted tenants found that disabled people are overrepresented among recent evictees.The study, released Friday, also found that no-fault evictions — including an owner moving into the unit, selling the unit, or performing major renovations — are the most common reason for a tenancy to be terminated across the country.Multiple studies have previously shown that B.C. leads the country in no-fault evictions, with Metro Vancouver previously being named
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Drought puts Alberta farmers at risk of another scourge of grasshoppers
Will Muller knew immediately that he had a grasshopper problem last spring. Dealing with drought conditions at his farm near the town of Bow Island in southern Alberta last year, he could see the insects hopping all over the fields where he grows lentils, durum wheat, canola and beans."If you went into the field, you drove in there and the grasshoppers would be flying everywhere, which I'd never seen," Muller said."You could see the chewing on the plants right away as well and the leaves being c
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