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898 Albertans died from drug overdoses in first seven months of 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta's opioid crisis continues to wage on.The provincial government has updated the Alberta Substance Use Surveillance Report, which keeps track of information related to illicit d...
Oct 08, 2021
British Royal Navy, Canadian Coast Guard sign deal on Arctic co-operation, training
OTTAWA - The Canadian Coast Guard signed an agreement Friday with Britain's Royal Navy to train its sailors on Arctic icebreakers in Canada's Far North. The memorandum of understanding follows a 2020 ...
Oct 08, 2021
Canadian basketball star Kia Nurse suffers torn ACL in right knee
Canadian women's basketball star Kia Nurse will miss the remainder of the 2021 WNBA season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee. The Phoenix guard suffered the injury ju...
Oct 08, 2021
Shelby Macleod vying for a seat on City Council
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Shelby Macleod is making another stab at capturing a seat on City Council, after an initial run in 2017. She attributes her love for this community as the reason for wanting to cont...
Oct 08, 2021
Gov. Gen. May Simon helped feed hungry in Ottawa as demand for food help soars
OTTAWA - An Ottawa homeless shelter where demand for services has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic served as the backdrop for the first-ever public event for Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon Friday. M...
Oct 08, 2021
Biden won't invoke executive privilege on Trump docs
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is not asserting executive privilege over a tranche of documents sought by a House committee's investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, setting ...
Oct 08, 2021
2 parents convicted in 1st trial of college bribery scandal
Two wealthy parents were convicted Friday of buying their kids' way into school as athletic recruits in the first case to go to trial in the college admissions cheating scandal that embroiled prestigi...
Oct 08, 2021
N.S. court victory may bring lasting improvement to lives of people with disabilities
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia advocacy group for people with disabilities says its landmark court victory is an opportunity to compel reforms and funding that will improve their lives after decades of mistr...
Oct 08, 2021
Rugby Canada provides details of its high-performance program review
Rugby Canada has fleshed out details of its high-performance program review, which was triggered by complaints from the women's sevens team. The review panel will consist of Calgary's STRAAD Consultin...
Oct 08, 2021
Spiking gasoline prices adding more fuel to inflationary pressures
CALGARY - Canadian businesses struggling to recover from the pandemic are facing another headwind in the form of record-high gasoline prices.The average weighted national retail price for regular gaso...
Oct 08, 2021