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Seven people dead, five escape house fire east of Calgary: RCMP
CHESTERMERE, ALBERTA - Seven people, including four children, have died in a house fire in a community just east of Calgary. The RCMP say two families were in the home in Chestermere when the fire hap...
Jul 02, 2021
Denis Shapovalov trounces Andy Murray, advances to round of 16 at Wimbledon
LONDON - Canada's Denis Shapovalov is through to the round of 16 at Wimbledon after routing Britain's Andy Murray 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 on Friday. The 22-year-old Shapovalov from Richmond Hill, Ont., had 12 a...
Jul 02, 2021
Canada meets Czechs in semifinal of must-win Olympic basketball qualifying event
VICTORIA - Canadian Dwight Powell says he's fully healed from the torn Achilles tendon that kept him out of much of the NBA basketball season and is now making up for lost time with a dominant perform...
Jul 02, 2021
Man arrested in connection to grass fires on Siksika Nation, not connected to church fire
SIKSIKA NATION, AB - Gleichen RCMP have arrested a man following a series of intentional grass fires that were set on July 1.Philip John Strange, 40, of Langdon, has been charged with arson - damage t...
Jul 02, 2021
Feds lay out beefed-up flight refund rules after gaps laid bare by pandemic
OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing new rules that would strengthen passengers' right to flight refunds, ensuring reimbursement following cancellations made for reasons outside the airline's ...
Jul 02, 2021
City of Lethbridge gives $820K to 15 local non-profits
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A variety of new and continued initiatives will soon be underway thanks to funding from the City of Lethbridge.Coming from the Community Capital Project Grant (CCPG) program, city cou...
Jul 02, 2021
Vancouver Whitecaps need focus, right mindset to turn season around: coach
In the midst of a disappointing start to the season, Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Marc Dos Santos is once again reminding his team that every game in Major League Soccer is theirs to win - or lose. ...
Jul 02, 2021
Thanks for Farming Tour has two stops in Lethbridge --- and elsewhere
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Farmers are right up there with first responders, truckers and grocery store workers among those whose jobs seemed to never stop over the past 15 months. Jeremy Matuszewski, organiz...
Jul 02, 2021
Evacuee fled barefoot from wildfire that destroyed most homes in Lytton, B.C.
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A woman who escaped a ferocious wildfire that destroyed the most of the village of Lytton, B.C., and surrounding First Nation communities says she didn't even have time to put shoes o...
Jul 02, 2021
Lethbridge & Pincher Creek broke 117-year-old heat records on Canada Day
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Another day, another set of heat records broken in Alberta. On Canada Day, Environment Canada reports that maximum temperature records were set in 44 Albertan communities. Of those, M...
Jul 02, 2021