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'He wanted to talk:' Saskatchewan woman recalls finding Mountie killer in field
SPIRITWOOD, Sask. - For a Saskatchewan woman who discovered a fugitive Mountie killer hiding in her family's hayfield more than a decade ago, the intense search for two young ...
Aug 01, 2019
Scheer promises premiers health transfer increase in anticipation of attacks
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising the premiers that he would increase health transfers and a social transfer by at least three per cent every year should he become prime minister...
Aug 01, 2019
50 kilos of meth seized from semi stopped at Alberta-Montana border crossing
CALGARY - Alberta border officers say they have made their largest-ever seizure of methamphetamine at a crossing into Canada from Montana. The Canada Border Services Agency and RCMP say a semi truck w...
Aug 01, 2019
Trump hails 'righteous cause of American self-government'
JAMESTOWN, Va. - President Donald Trump on Tuesday marked the 400th anniversary of American democracy and its gift "of the country we love," but his celebration of what began as an experiment in self-...
Aug 01, 2019
Calls to former diplomats were not meant as pressure, Liberal MPs insist
OTTAWA - The choice to reach out to two former ambassadors to China was part of an effort to make sure experts were sufficiently informed, not to pressure them into toeing the line, Liberal MPs said T...
Aug 01, 2019
Canadian tennis stars experiencing mixed results heading into Rogers Cup
WASHINGTON - With the eye-catching results from the tennis teens at big tournaments in Indian Wells, Calif., and Miami back in March, fans were hoping - almost expecting - that a Canadian dynasty...
Aug 01, 2019
Environment & Parks Minister hopes to return voices to "disenfranchised" Castle-Livingstone-Porcupine region
CROWSNEST PASS, AB - Minister Jason Nixon is touring the southwestern section of the province to speak with residents and stakeholders. Castle-Livingstone-Porcupine extends from the farthest corner of...
Aug 01, 2019 Castle Mountain. (Supplied by Wendy Ryan)
RiverStone Boulevard set to re-open next week
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Residents will have full access to RiverStone Boulevard again next week.The latest phase in the University Drive Twinning project is set to start up August 6, weather depending.With t...
Aug 01, 2019 Photo courtesy the City of Lethbridge on Twitter @LethbridgeCity
Canadians Schnur, Pospisil and Polansky awarded Rogers Cup wild cards
MONTREAL - Canadians Brayden Schnur, Vasek Pospisil and Peter Polansky have earned wild-card entries into the main draw of the upcoming Rogers Cup men's tennis tournament in Montreal. Schnur, ranked 9...
Aug 01, 2019
PM pledges access to medication as pharmacists, patient groups fear shortage
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pledging to ensure Canadians have access to medication they need at affordable prices in the face of concerns about a Trump administration deci...
Aug 01, 2019