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Alberta healthcare workers to receive first COVID vaccine doses next week
LETHBRIDGE, AB - "Alberta is ready to deliver this vaccine."Health Minister Tyler Shandro said, following Health Canada's approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first doses will be deli...
Dec 09, 2020
U of L blaming pandemic for new layoffs
LETHBRIDGE, AB- The University of Lethbridge is permanently laying off 13 workers and blames financial complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.The University gave their statement on the job cuts...
Dec 09, 2020
Women's Hall of Fame honours Aretha Franklin, Morrison, Lacks
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. - "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin and Nobel laureate and "Beloved" author Toni Morrison will be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame Thursday as part of a posthumous clas...
Dec 09, 2020
Coaldale's Trevor Pritchard, convicted child sex offender, a "high risk to re-offend"
COALDALE, AB - The dangerous offender hearing continues this week for a man from Coaldale.Trevor Pritchard, 35, has been convicted four times of sex-related offences including sexual assault, luring, ...
Dec 09, 2020
Lametti questions Conservatives' sincerity in wanting to protect vulnerable
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says Conservatives have no interest in improving a bill on assisted dying, they just want to stop it. The Conservatives have been talking out the clock on Bill ...
Dec 09, 2020
Midwifery services now being offered at Taber Health Centre
TABER, AB- Local families receiving care from a newly recruited registered midwife can now do so in the town of Taber.For the last month, a midwife has been employed by AHS at the Taber Health Centre....
Dec 09, 2020
CBSA manager told not to take notes after Meng arrest in case of access request
VANCOUVER - A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency says she was instructed not to take notes after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou - an arrest that will be under court scr...
Dec 09, 2020
Battle lines drawn for first ministers' meeting on health care
OTTAWA - Premiers aren't expecting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to agree immediately to their demand for at least $28 billion more each year for health care. First ministers are scheduled to meet via...
Dec 09, 2020
City facilities to close starting Sunday
LETHBRIDGE, AB- After the Alberta Government announced new COVID-19 restrictions Tuesday, the City of Lethbridge has made their changes. New restrictions: Province announces business closures due to C...
Dec 09, 2020
Hunter Biden facing federal investigation over 'tax affairs'
WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter said Wednesday that he has learned from federal prosecutors that his tax affairs are under investigation. The investigation by the Delaware U....
Dec 09, 2020