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Little room for feds to issue long-term debt unless central bank steps in: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show the Liberals were told earlier this year that the government's bid to lock in low interest rates on federal debt could run into problems unless the Bank of Canad...
Oct 06, 2021
Hurricanes launch Captain’s Corner initiative
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two former captains of the Lethbridge Hurricanes have helped to introduce the Captain's Corner for this WHL season.Fans can nominate individuals and families (up to four people) to si...
Oct 06, 2021
Medicine Hat doctor charged with sexual assault and sexual interference
YORK, ONT. - Police north of Toronto have charged a family doctor from Medicine Hat with sexual assault.York Regional Police say a man reported he had been sexually assaulted as a young child in 1988 ...
Oct 06, 2021
NATO expels 8 'undeclared' Russian intelligence officers
BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO on Wednesday expelled eight members of Russia's mission to the military alliance, saying that they were secretly working as intelligence officers and cut the size of Moscow's team...
Oct 06, 2021
Trudeau says Tofino trip on National Day of Truth and Reconciliation a 'mistake'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he regrets the mistake of travelling to British Columbia to join his vacationing family on a day meant to honour Indigenous survivors of Canada's residentia...
Oct 06, 2021
Canada makes vaccines mandatory for public servants, air and rail workers, travellers
OTTAWA, ON - The core public service, air travel and rail employees and travellers must all be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of October, according to Canada's new mandatory vaccine poli...
Oct 06, 2021
Burlington welterweight Mike Malott wins UFC contract with submission victory
Canadian welterweight Mike (Proper) Malott is headed to the UFC after a 39-second submission win on Dana White's Contender Series. The 29-year-old from Burlington, Ont., was awarded a UFC contract aft...
Oct 06, 2021
Brazil, Mexico challenge Canada for 2022 men's world curling berth
LACOMBE, Alta. - Canada has to win a berth in the 2022 world men's curling championship because of a challenge from Brazil and Mexico. Reigning Canadian champion Brendan Bottcher from Edmonton will fa...
Oct 06, 2021
Multiple temperature records set in southern Alberta Tuesday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - If it seemed abnormally warm in southern Alberta on Tuesday, it was.That's because multiple municipalities broke temperature records on October 5. The Lethbridge area hit a high of 28...
Oct 06, 2021
Moderna asks Health Canada to authorize booster shot of its COVID-19 vaccine
OTTAWA - U.S. drugmaker Moderna is asking Health Canada to authorize a booster shot of its COVID-19 vaccine. The company submitted data on a booster shot that is half the size of the doses used to giv...
Oct 06, 2021