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Both of Alberta’s major political parties will meet over the weekend to set the stage ahead of the provincial election scheduled for the end of May. The United Conservative Party will meet near Edmonton while Alberta’s New Democrat Party will gather in Calgary.“I know that a lot of the conversation will be on matters of addressing the affordability crisis,” Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley said of her party’s plans for the weekend.Notley will give a 30-minute speech at what she says will likely be the largest convention her the NDP has held in the province, at the Hyatt Hotel in…

Disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo said remote work from home — a seismic shift that accelerated after he imposed lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic — is hurting cities like New York. “Cities in general are in trouble across the country. It’s not just New York. COVID changed the rules. A city was a city because that’s where you went to work,” Cuomo said Friday during an interview on John Catsimatidis’ “Cats at Night” show on WABC 770 AM radio. “With COVID, you don’t have to go to the office. You can stay at home. Well, why don’t I put my home…

Clapping back! Vanderpump Rules star Lala Kent seemingly slammed ex Randall Emmett after he shared his thoughts on her dating life — and made it clear that being a mother is her top priority.   “Side note: I’ll move on with my life when I know my daughter and her future are safe,” Kent, 32, wrote via her Instagram Story on Friday, October 21, just one day after the 51-year-old producer said that he hopes the reality star will “stop talking about him” and “move on” now that she’s seeing other people.  “Randall is happy Lala is having other relationships,” the…

New Hampshire law enforcement is responding to a single-engine plane crash and a building fire.The Swanzey Police Department wrote on social media that crews are on the scene of a single-engine Beechcraft Sierra that was involved in the crash in Keene, New Hampshire. Police asked drivers to avoid lower Main Street on Friday night as crews responded to a “plane crash with a building fire” at 7 p.m.MAN IN CLOWN MASK, WIELDING SAMURAI SWORD ROBS POCONOS CONVENIENCE STORE Images show large flames and a plume of smoke developing between two buildings. Residents told Fox 25 that the plane hit a storage building,…

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner responded to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order’s request for a written statement on Friday, stating he is “utterly disappointed” in its approach to impeach him and said it’s only being done to score “political points.”Krasner said in his letter to the Select Committee that it has “repeatedly refused” to speak with him, whether at public or private hearing, and said that the committee instead asked him to write a written statement.”Instead of meeting with me in person, publicly or privately, you asked me to submit a written statement…

Just months after enduring floods that destroyed crops and submerged communities, thousands of families in the Brazilian Amazon are now dealing with drought that in some areas is the worst in decades. The low level of the Amazon River, which is the heart of the world’s largest drainage system, has put dozens of municipalities on alert. The quickly decreasing water levels are due to lower-than-expected rainfall during August and September, according to Luna Gripp, a geosciences researcher who monitors the western Amazon’s river levels for the Brazilian Geological Survey. In the Sao Estevao community, fishermen have postponed catching pirarucu, the…

CNN  —  President Joe Biden said Friday that while he has not made a formal decision about running for reelection in 2024, it is his “intention” to do so. “The reason I’m not making a judgment about formally running or not running, once I make that judgment, a whole series of regulations kick in and I have to be – I treat myself as a candidate from that moment on. I have not made that formal decision, but it’s my intention – my intention to run again. And we have time to make that decision,” Biden told MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart…

Jerusalem has been described as the most hotly-contested piece of real estate on earth.Whoever said that wasn’t kidding.It’s in the news feed again this week following Labor Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s announcement that Australia no longer recognises “West Jerusalem” as the capital of Israel.That’s a reversal of Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement in 2018.If you’re wondering what the fuss is about, you’ve clicked the right link.This column offers answers not commonly found.Starting with basics, Jewish people lived in ancient Israel for over a thousand years.Jerusalem became the centre of Jewish life.King Solomon built the First Temple between 970 and…

A Michigan family of four who were reported missing after the father displayed what officials called paranoid behavior were spotted this week at a gas station, police said Friday.Family members last had contact with the Ciriglianos on Sunday, officials said. This week, police in Fremont and Michigan State Police issued missing person alerts for Anthony and Suzette Cirigliano, both 51, and their sons Brandon, 19, and Noah, 15.Fremont Police Chief Tim Rodwell has said there’s no evidence of any violence or foul play, but that family members are concerned and have said their disappearance is out of character. On Monday…