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Officials: US to send Ukraine more advanced rocket systems
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. will soon deliver to Ukraine four more of the advanced rocket systems credited with helping the country's military gain momentum in its war with Russia. The High Mobility Ar...
Oct 03, 2022
Frustration with Ukraine war spills out on Russian state TV
Russia's retreat from a key Ukrainian city over the weekend elicited outcry from an unlikely crowd - state-run media outlets that typically cast Moscow's war in glowing terms. A series of embarrassing...
Oct 03, 2022
Lethbridge Police arrest man under Mental Health Act
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has arrested a suspect that they say was "acting erratically and running in-and-out of traffic."Officers were called to an area of Highway 3 just e...
Oct 03, 2022
Senators goalie Cam Talbot out five-to-seven weeks with upper-body injury
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators will start the NHL season without goalie Cam Talbot after he suffered an upper-body injury. The team says Talbot, 35, will miss five-to-seven weeks due to the undisclosed ...
Oct 03, 2022
Ottawa to spend $3.8 million on residential energy retrofits in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) will allocate $25.6 million to make homes in four Alberta communities greener.Funding through the Clean En...
Oct 03, 2022
Ringo Starr postpones tour due to COVID, Lethbridge show impacted
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Audiences eagerly awaiting the arrival of one of the original Beatles will have to wait a while longer.Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band was set to perform at the ENMAX Centre in L...
Oct 03, 2022
Alberta aims to attract international students through new bureau
CALGARY, AB - The Government of Alberta is launching a new strategy to attract international students and researchers to the province.$1.5 million will be spent on the creation of a new not-for-profit...
Oct 03, 2022
Hockey Canada lacks transparency, needs new leadership: sport minister
OTTAWA - Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge is once again calling for change in Hockey Canada's leadership in the wake of new allegations against the troubled sporting body. The Globe and Mail reported Mo...
Oct 03, 2022
MPs debate second reading of dental care, targeted inflation relief
OTTAWA - Federal Conservatives say the Liberal dental-care and rental-housing relief legislation will only add to inflation without providing relief from the rising cost of living. MPs today are debat...
Oct 03, 2022
Prairie premiers, governors urge Canada, U.S. to keep border crossings open longer
EDMONTON, AB - Canada's Prairie premiers and two U.S. governors want their respective countries to restore pre-pandemic operating hours at entry points along their shared land border. The group of pro...
Oct 03, 2022