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UPDATE: Fort Macleod Health Centre Emergency Department re-opening after securing coverage
UPDATE - September 7, 2023 @ 1:25 p.m. FORT MACLEOD, AB - The Emergency Department (ED) at the Fort Macleod Health Centre will re-open at 2 p.m. on Thursday, September 7, 2023.Physician coverage has b...
Sep 06, 2023
CFLPA initiates investigation into Elks-Stamps game amid air quality concerns
TORONTO - The CFL Players' Association says Occupational Health and Safety in Alberta is investigating the CFL's decision to play the Edmonton Elks-Calgary Stampeders game Monday despite smoky conditi...
Sep 06, 2023
On emotional bus tours, residents return to West Kelowna, B.C., to view the ashes
Annick deGooyer knew that her family's home of more than 20 years had been destroyed by the McDougall Creek wildfire that consumed scores of properties in West Kelowna, B.C., about three weeks ago. Bu...
Sep 06, 2023
Tropical Storm Lee strengthens into a hurricane as it churns across Atlantic toward Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Tropical Storm Lee strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday as it churned through the open waters of the Atlantic on a path that would take it near the northeast Caribbe...
Sep 06, 2023
Provincial funding to increase wages of FASD support workers
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has announced funding to support front-line workers.Almost $3 million is being provided to increase the wages of front-line workers who are supporting individu...
Sep 06, 2023
Ex-national team players excited by Canadian men's growth, exposure on world stage
Hope has turned into reality for former members of the Canadian senior men's basketball team. Canada clinched its first-ever semifinal spot at the FIBA Men's Basketball World Cup on Wednesday with a w...
Sep 06, 2023
Felony convictions vacated for 4 Navy officers in sprawling scandal
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The felony convictions of four Navy officers in a sprawling bribery case were vacated due to prosecutorial misconduct Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino called the miscon...
Sep 06, 2023
A judge orders Texas to move a floating barrier used to deter migrants to the bank of the Rio Grande
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Texas to move a large floating barrier to the bank of the Rio Grande after protests from the the U.S. and Mexican governments over Republican ...
Sep 06, 2023
Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalized abortion nationwide Wednesday, two years after ruling that abortion was not a crime in one northern state. That earlier ruling had set off a gr...
Sep 06, 2023
Prosecutors seeking new indictment for Hunter Biden by end of September
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal prosecutors are seeking to bring a new indictment against President Joe Biden's son Hunter by the end of September, according to court documents filed Wednesday. The exact ch...
Sep 06, 2023