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Tax compassion clause approved
Posted on 19.04.2018 | No CommentsAt its regular meeting April 16, Airdrie City council unanimously approved the addition of a compassionate exemption clause to the existing Tax Penalty Bylaw. -
Iran to receive huge shipment of natural uranium from Russia in transfer deal approved by U.S.
Posted on 09.01.2017 | No CommentsUranium can be enriched to levels ranging from reactor fuel or medical and research purposes to the core of an atomic bomb. Iran says it has no interest in weapons -
Let’s Find Some Better Words For Weed
Posted on 18.11.2016 | No CommentsThe Queens of Cannabis is one of the dozens of medical pot dispensaries in Toronto. (Photo: Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images) Pot. Dope. Weed. 420. Bud. Doobie. Toke. Even 15 years after marijuana was approved for legal medical use in C... -
Jordanian couple has baby using ‘three parent’ genetic engineering — but it’s actually about 2.001 parents
Posted on 28.09.2016 | No CommentsThe Jordanian newborn represents the first successful birth in a new wave of "three parent" techniques, although the procedure is illegal in most countries -
Process approved for recognizing Airdrie’s founders
Posted on 08.09.2016 | No CommentsAirdrie’s important founders will be formally recognized in a variety of new ways after City council at its Sept. 6 regular meeting unanimously approved making some additions to the existing Parks Memorial Policy. -
Genetically modified mosquitoes approved to battle Zika in Florida Keys
Posted on 07.08.2016 | No CommentsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved genetically modified mosquitoes as part of a trial to control the Zika outbreak in the Florida Keys. -
IOC approves entry of 271 Russian athletes for Rio Games
Posted on 04.08.2016 | No CommentsThe IOC has approved the entry of 271 Russian athletes for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The 271 approved athletes come from Russia's original entry list of 389. -
Chris Selley: Tory sticks to transit plan, despite fireworks and ‘mischaracterized’ words on Scarborough subway
Posted on 29.06.2016 | No CommentsThe Toronto mayor suggested in an opinion piece many people who opposed the one-stop transit line 'do not live or work in Scarborough, where more than half the population is born outside of Canada'