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Dale Hunter named head coach, brother Mark gets management role with Canada juniors
CALGARY - Dale Hunter will coach Canada's team at the 2026 world junior hockey championship while his brother Mark will join the team's management group, Hockey Canada announced Thursday. It will be t...
Jul 10, 2025
New report says vast majority of U.S. fentanyl seizures linked to southern border
WASHINGTON - A new report from a New York-based think tank questions the drug trafficking rationale for U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, saying the data shows the vast majority of fent...
Jul 10, 2025
UK and France agree to send some migrants arriving in Britain by boat back to France
LONDON (AP) - Britain and France agreed Thursday to a pilot plan that will send some migrants who cross the English Channel on small boats back to France as the U.K. government struggles to tamp down ...
Jul 10, 2025
Nobody hurt in south Lethbridge townhouse fire
A fire at a residential building in Lethbridge has been put out.Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services (LFES) was called to a townhouse on the 2800 block of 47 Street South around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesd...
Jul 10, 2025
Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet becomes first woman to head the RCAF
OTTAWA - Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet has become the first woman to lead the Royal Canadian Air Force. She took the reins from Lt.-Gen. Eric Kenny at a change-of-command ceremony, presided over by ...
Jul 10, 2025
Canada Infrastructure Bank set to fall well short of 2028 investment target: PBO
OTTAWA - Parliament's fiscal watchdog says the Canada Infrastructure Bank is more than $20 billion short of its investment targets for the coming years. In a new report, the Office of the Parliamentar...
Jul 10, 2025
River Valley grass fire extinguished, firefighters reminding of fire ban
Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services (LFES) says it was able to extinguish a grass fire in the coulees quickly.It happened around 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 9, near Scenic Drive and 2 Avenue South...
Jul 10, 2025
Amanda Anisimova upsets No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka at Wimbledon to reach her first Grand Slam final
LONDON (AP) - Amanda Anisimova upset No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 at Wimbledon on Thursday to reach the first Grand Slam final of her career a little more than a year after taking a brea...
Jul 10, 2025
Amanda Anisimova upsets No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka at Wimbledon to reach her first Grand Slam final
LONDON (AP) - Amanda Anisimova upset No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 at Wimbledon on Thursday to reach the first Grand Slam final of her career a little more than a year after taking a brea...
Jul 10, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Wildfires force evacuations of Garden Hill, Snow Lake in Manitoba
WINNIPEG - The wildfire threat is worsening in northern Manitoba, prompting alerts and evacuations for at least two more communities. Garden Hill First Nation, with a population of about 3,000, is bei...
Jul 10, 2025