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Alberta goes to court in fight with municipality over medical emergency dispatch
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta government is going to court to stop a northern municipality from unilaterally withdrawing from the provincial medical emergency dispatch system.Alberta Health Services and ...
Feb 11, 2021
Industry partnership taps Lethbridge College researchers for agriculture data project
LETHBRIDGE, AB.-- When Calgary companies Jadler Industries and Random Acronym were looking to test out new technology for monitoring soil moisture in agriculture, there was only one place to go: Lethb...
Feb 11, 2021
Kenney rejecting regional rules on COVID-19 for now, says case rates won't allow them
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says there are no plans right now to look at varying economic restrictions based on regions.Critics, including UCP caucus member and Cypress-Medicine Hat ML...
Feb 11, 2021
Committee recommends Lethbridge City Council not renew mask bylaw
LETHBRIDGE, AB- The Community Standing Policy Committee has decided what they will recommend council does with the current mask bylaw. The mask mandate was first introduced on August 24, 2020, and was...
Feb 11, 2021
AHS reports two COVID-19 deaths in South Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released its update on COVID-19 for Thursday, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.352 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing th...
Feb 11, 2021
Bruins postpone O'Ree honours until '22 so fans can be there
BOSTON - The Boston Bruins will wait to retire the number of pioneering Black hockey player Willie O'Ree until next year so that they can raise his No. 22 banner to the rafters with fans in the buildi...
Feb 11, 2021
Canadian receiver Natey Adjei inks deal with Montreal Alouettes
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes have signed Canadian receiver Natey Adjei. A third-round pick in the 2013 CFL draft, Adjei has split six seasons in the CFL between Toronto and Edmonton. The Toronto ...
Feb 11, 2021
Canadian blueberries pose no peril to American producers, U.S. trade commission says
WASHINGTON - The panel that evaluates international trade disputes in the United States has squashed a complaint about Canadian blueberries. The U.S. International Trade Commission says recent spikes ...
Feb 11, 2021
Highway 3 group says need for full twinning is increasing
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Shovels are to be in the ground for the twinning of the Taber to Burdett section of Highway 3 and the group pushing for the twinning of the full highway says it is gaining momentum ...
Feb 11, 2021
AP source: David Phelps agrees to $1.75M deal with Blue Jays
TORONTO - Right-hander David Phelps and the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a $1.75 million, one-year contract a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on c...
Feb 11, 2021