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43% of Lethbridge residents say "drugs/injection site" is top issue
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The people of Lethbridge have spoken on what they want city council to focus on.The 2020 Budget Priorities Survey, conducted by Ipsos, saw 401 residents surveyed over the phone betwee...
Nov 23, 2020
Feds give nearly $10M to Horsefly spillway in Municipal District of Taber
TABER, AB - Enlarging 14 kilometers of existing irrigation canals to divert stormwater from the St. Mary River Irrigation District Main Canal to the Oldman River during storm events will better protec...
Nov 23, 2020
Taber Fire addresses challenges and concerns of conducting fire drills amid pandemic
TABER, AB - The Taber Fire Department is addressing some concerns from the public regarding fire drills during the COVID-19 pandemic.Steve Swarbrick, Fire Prevention Officer, explained the situation t...
Nov 23, 2020
Blood Tribe residents not consulted on proposed coal mine despite thumbs up from officials
STANDOFF, AB - A proposed metallurgical coal mine in the Crowsnest Pass has been greenlit by several Treaty 7 First Nations despite little-to-no input from residents.Riversdale Resources' Benga Mining...
Nov 23, 2020
Old bills to lose legal tender status in 2021
OTTAWA, ON - The $1, $2, $25, $500, and $1,000 bills will have their legal tender status removed as of January 1, 2021.Businesses will not be allowed to take in these bills as currency and the bills w...
Nov 23, 2020
RCMP boss responds to watchdog report about alleged spying on anti-oil protesters
OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki has responded to a long-delayed watchdog report on alleged surveillance of anti-oil protesters after a civil liberties group went to court to force her hand. Th...
Nov 23, 2020
Canadian Armed Forces to formally apologize to victims for sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces is preparing to formally apologize to victims of sexual misconduct. The apology is part of a $900-million settlement agreement that the federal gove...
Nov 23, 2020
Exclusion of mental health as grounds for assisted death is likely temporary: Lametti
OTTAWA - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says he hopes the exclusion of mental illness as the sole grounds for an assisted death is temporary but the change would need more study than time allo...
Nov 23, 2020
Former WHL head coach Dave Lowry joins Paul Maurice's staff in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have hired Dave Lowry as an assistant coach. The 55-year-old from Sudbury, Ont., joins the Jets after spending the 2019-20 season as head coach of the Western Hockey Leagu...
Nov 23, 2020
COVID-19 Atlantic bubble on hold as 2 provinces pull out; Toronto, Peel in lockdown
Two provinces are temporarily withdrawing from the Atlantic bubble in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, while tighter restrictions - including short-term lockdowns - take effect today in parts...
Nov 23, 2020