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Alberta mayors, firefighters speak out against 911 EMS consolidation
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The decision by Alberta Health Services (AHS) to consolidate 911 EMS dispatch services in its four municipally-run contracted satellite sites is proving to be a controversial one.They...
Aug 05, 2020

Canadians bonding on and off the course at World Golf Championships and majors
A friendly east-west rivalry between Canada's top PGA Tour golfers has been renewed the past two Tuesdays before being set aside for the event itself. Nick Taylor, Mackenzie Hughes, Adam Hadwin and Co...
Aug 05, 2020

Source: CFL would use bulk of federal loan to fund shortened season
TORONTO - The bulk of the CFL's $30-million, interest-free loan request from the federal government is to cover the operation of a shortened season. A source with knowledge of the situa...
Aug 05, 2020

Toronto Wolfpack in need of new ownership to keep the franchise afloat
TORONTO - Two months of missed payroll. Star players facing eviction notices. What little staff left wondering about their future. The Toronto Wolfpack, currently a rugby league team in limb...
Aug 05, 2020

New Toronto drive-in aims to quench thirst of Raptors and Leafs fans, hold a few concerts
TORONTO - Sports fans can't pack into arenas this summer, but a new Toronto drive-in theatre hopes to get them a bit closer to the action. Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment has partnered with&n...
Aug 05, 2020

Veteran Canadian Press broadcast journalist Peter Ray dies at age 71
TORONTO - Peter Rakobowchuk, a journalist with Canada's national news agency whose high energy delivery was instantly recognizable to decades of listeners, has died. More widely known by his radio mon...
Aug 05, 2020

Panthers avoid elimination, beat Islanders 3-2 in Game 3
TORONTO - Mike Hoffman and Brian Boyle scored 2:07 apart in the opening minutes of the third period, and the Florida Panthers avoided elimination with a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders in Game 3 o...
Aug 05, 2020

Province provides Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District with over $1 million for upkeep
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Irrigation money continues to flow to Southwestern Alberta, as part of the province's $10-million Irrigation Rehabilitation Program.During the pandemic, the $1.1 million will improve i...
Aug 05, 2020

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Shirley Ann Grau dies at 91
NEW ORLEANS - Shirley Ann Grau, a Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer whose stories and novels told of both the dark secrets and the beauty of the Deep South, has died. She was 91. Grau died Monday ...
Aug 05, 2020

Sports media types adjust on the fly to new normal of league coverage
TORONTO - A couple dozen sportswriters sat physically distanced at a makeshift work area on the 200 level at Rogers Centre for the Toronto Blue Jays' first intrasquad game of summe...
Aug 05, 2020