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Province to increase pay to legal aid lawyers
CALGARY, AB - The Alberta government is hiking the amount of money it will pay for lawyers providing legal aid.Beginning January 1, 2023, the rate will increase from $100 to $125 per hour.Organization...
Dec 21, 2022
Regulations for ban on foreign homebuyers announced, law coming into effect Jan. 1
OTTAWA - The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has announced regulations for the ban on foreign homebuyers, which comes into effect on Jan. 1. Starting in the new year, foreign commercial enterp...
Dec 21, 2022
Golf Canada unveils 2023 national teams under new three-tier system
An all-time high of 57 athletes were named to Golf Canada's teams on Wednesday along with eight coaches. Golf Canada's 2023 national team system now features three program tiers: amateurs and professi...
Dec 21, 2022
Dining dinosaur fossil has mammal in belly, sheds light on ancient ecosystems
EDMONTON - A rare fossil revealing a dinosaur's last meal is shedding new light on ancient ecosystems and behaviours. University of Alberta paleontologist Corwin Sullivan says the fossil of a crow-siz...
Dec 21, 2022
Zelenskyy gets White House welcome from Biden before talks
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House on Wednesday as the leaders try to show a unified front against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ...
Dec 21, 2022
Extreme cold warnings blanket Western Canada as winter officially arrives
VANCOUVER - Weather warnings or special weather statements are posted in every province and territory except Manitoba as winter storms or extreme cold usher in the official start of winter. Environmen...
Dec 21, 2022
Senior Environment Canada climatologist's top weather stories of 2022
From "springuary" for the winter that wouldn't leave to "hotumn" for the fall that never came, Canadians got a whole new vocabulary for wild weather this year. Here is a list of Canada's top 10 weathe...
Dec 21, 2022
'Weird and wacky': Hurricane Fiona top weather story in stormy, wet, windy, dry year
If nothing else, 2022 gave Canadians a slew of new weather words. There was "springuary" for the winter that wouldn't leave. There was "hotumn" for the fall that never came. "Derecho" got new currency...
Dec 21, 2022
Tri-High Food Drive raises nearly $11K for Lethbridge Food Bank
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The third annual Tri-High Food Drive has come to a close. Chinook High School, Lethbridge Collegiate Institute (LCI) and Winston Churchill High School have been facing off in a friend...
Dec 21, 2022
Province to use alternative transportation to free up ambulances, paramedics
CALGARY, AB - Alberta's government hopes providing alternative transportation for non-clinical patients will help improve ambulance wait times and free up acute care beds more quickly for people waiti...
Dec 21, 2022