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Province says details on affordability payments coming on Monday
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta government says an announcement is coming on Monday, January 9, 2023, about its plan to offer relief as rising costs continue to push budgets to the limit.In a tweet on Wedn...
Jan 05, 2023

Levonte Johnson looks to add to blue-chip soccer resume with MAC Hermann Trophy
Canadian forward Levonte Johnson has won wherever he's gone. As a freshman, he helped Eastern Florida State College reach the first National Junior College Athletic Association championship game. Foll...
Jan 05, 2023

Lethbridge sport & tourism groups to bolster both industries through new partnership
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two local organizations are forming an official partnership aimed at growing both of their respective fields.Tourism Lethbridge (TL) and the Lethbridge Sport Council (LSC) have signed...
Jan 05, 2023

US to send Ukraine dozens of Bradleys in $2.85B aid package
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. will send Ukraine nearly $3 billion in military aid, in a massive new package that will for the first time include several dozen Bradley fighting vehicles, U.S. officials sa...
Jan 05, 2023

Environmental groups welcome Parks Canada buyout of Jasper Park backcountry lodges
Environmental groups are welcoming Parks Canada's buyout of two businesses in Jasper National Park's Tonquin Valley, a scenic destination also used by vanishing caribou herds. Carolyn Campbell of the ...
Jan 05, 2023

Hurricanes reassign Bansley to Melville Millionaires
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes have reassigned one of their players.Zach Bansley, a 2005-born forward, has been sent to the Melville Millionaires of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. ...
Jan 05, 2023

House stalemate still holds back choice of a new speaker
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pressure mounting, the House opened with the prime speaker's chair empty for a third day Thursday, as Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed repeatedly to win enough votes from his ...
Jan 05, 2023

New Brunswick man who killed three Mounties in 2014 files appeal of stiff sentence
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick man who fatally shot three Mounties in 2014 has applied to the province's highest court to have his precedent-setting 75-year parole ineligibility period reduced to 25 ye...
Jan 05, 2023

South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down state abortion ban
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina Supreme Court struck down Thursday a ban on abortion after cardiac activity is detected - typically around six weeks - ruling the restriction violates the stat...
Jan 05, 2023

Police: Idaho slaying suspect's DNA found at crime scene
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The DNA of the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students was found on a knife sheath at the crime scene, an investigator said in court documents unsealed Thursday. T...
Jan 05, 2023