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Election signs can be a safety issue for visually impaired in Montreal
MONTREAL - Federal campaigns say they'll strive to do better after an advocacy group for the visually impaired called them out for the danger posed by low-hanging signs in Montreal. In Montreal, ...
Oct 01, 2019

Lethbridge Transit back to full capacity, no plans to clear snow windrows
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is providing another round of updates from some of its key departments.Included in Tuesday's interview are the managers of operations, transit, and parks.Snow R...
Oct 01, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Salary freeze for Red Deer city council
RED DEER -- Red Deer city council will see no salary increase this year.Council voted Monday to freeze the salaries for the mayor and its other eight members at their current rates."As we continue to ...
Oct 01, 2019 Red Deer Countil RDNewsNOW

May slams Scheer for re-entering partisan politics after being Speaker
TORONTO - Green Leader Elizabeth May is accusing Andrew Scheer of doing "permanent damage" to the respect for the office of the Speaker by re-entering partisan politics. The Conservative leader became...
Oct 01, 2019

Ukrainian leader says he doesn't know why US aid was frozen
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's president said Tuesday that no one explained to him why millions of dollars in U.S. military aid to his country was delayed, shrugging off suggestions that President Donald T...
Oct 01, 2019

Ex-Dallas officer who killed neighbour found guilty of murder
DALLAS - A white former Dallas police officer faces anywhere from five to 99 years in prison after being convicted of murder Tuesday in the fatal shooting of her black, unarmed neighbour in his apartm...
Oct 01, 2019

Pompeo accuses Democrats of bullying in impeachment probe
WASHINGTON - Taking a defiant stance in the impeachment inquiry, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday declared that House Democrats are trying to "intimidate, bully and treat improperly" five cur...
Oct 01, 2019

Rate of fentanyl related deaths appears to be slowing in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - According to the newly released Alberta Health 2019 second quarter "Opioid Surveillance Response Report," an average of two Albertans died each day of a fentanyl related overdose. Tha...
Oct 01, 2019 Lethbridge opioid deaths 2019 - Photo: Courtesy Alberta Health

Ottawa's Scott Sabourin pumped to make NHL debut at age 27 with Senators
OTTAWA - Scott Sabourin is living his childhood dream. After literally fighting his way through the minors, the feisty forward will play his first NHL game on Wednesday as a member of his hometow...
Oct 01, 2019

Medicine Hat man charged with bestiality, child porn, sexual assault
MEDICINE HAT, AB - ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) has arrested a southern Alberta man on numerous charges involving a child and several dogs. 26-year-old Cody Herrell was arrested on T...
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