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Asian Tribune applauded

Asian Tribune applauded

Calgary(ATB): “It is a matter of pride for community that Asian Tribune is servingfor the last 12 years and catering to English, Hindi and Punjabi readers” expressedHon Prasad Panda, Alberta Transportation Minister at an appreciation dinnerhosted by Asian Tribune Calgary team at The Mongolia Banquet Hall, Calgary onSeptember 17, 2022. …

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Number of Calgary renter households growing faster than number of owners, says census

In the last decade, the number of Calgarians who rent their homes has grown much faster than the number of people who own them, according to new census data. Since 2011, the number of renters in the city has grown 37.3 per cent, while the number of homeowners has grown by …

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Profiling Vancouver’s political parties: Fred Harding and the NPA

Talk to Fred Harding about why he should be mayor of Vancouver, and a common theme emerges.  “We’ve got a distinct lack of leadership going on in the city,” he said, arguing why voters should vote for him and Non-Partisan Association (NPA) candidates on Oct. 15. “The city is lacking leadership, we’re …

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‘Nuclear blackmail’: Deconstructing Putin’s latest strategic gamble in Ukraine

It’s been called the nuclear blackmail card — both within western diplomatic and defence circles and in Russia itself. And it’s a reference to President Vladimir Putin’s poker-faced threat on Wednesday to resort to weapons of mass destruction if NATO steps over the line or Ukraine reclaims more of its own …

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The Crown, The Walking Dead: The most anticipated TV coming later this year

In a year already full of film and TV releases, there’s still much to come. For the fall and winter months, streamers and traditional broadcast networks are locked in an original-content race — all looking to command eyeballs and bump up audience numbers in an already-overstuffed industry. The good news? …

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What François Legault talks about when he talks about immigration

It can be difficult to ascertain what François Legault actually believes about immigration.  The issue wasn’t central to the first campaigns he waged as leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec, the party he co-founded with a billionaire friend. After a couple of middling election results in 2012 and 2014, however, Legault …

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Consumers say they can’t keep up with natural gas prices as Enbridge applies for another increase

Sitting on the back patio of her house, Lynda McCarthy carefully sifts through her neatly organized Enbridge Gas bills. Living on a fixed income with her husband in Newcastle, Ont., a small community in Durham Region east of Toronto, the 73-year-old keeps a close eye on expenses and sticks to a strict …

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How a local organization is working to get more Calgary students biking to school

For many years, bike theft was a problem outside Forest Lawn High School in southeast Calgary. It’s something assistant principal Mark Anderson heard about from students as a hindrance to them biking to school. But now that the school administration has teamed up with Youth en Route, they’ve seen a massive …

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Residents ‘cautiously optimistic’ after hearing home for mental illness will reopen after repairs

This story is part of Situation Critical, a series from CBC British Columbia reporting on the barriers people in this province face in accessing timely and appropriate health care. A B.C. assisted-living facility for people with serious mental illnesses is no longer facing permanent closure, following a CBC report on the …

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