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Avison Young predicting retail boom in Lethbridge in 2024
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Avison Young's latest market report for Lethbridge is predicting a boom in retail inventory supply. The report said that with a population growth of nearly five per cent over the last...
Oct 05, 2023
Canada loses 7-5 to Team IPH at International Para Hockey Cup
OSTRAVA, Czechia - Rod Crane had two goals and Adam Dixon had a goal and two assists as Team IPH defeated Canada 7-5 Thursday at the 2023 International Para Hockey Cup. Crane, from Clarksburg, Ont., a...
Oct 05, 2023
Hockey Canada implements new 'minimum attire' rule in minor league dressing rooms
Hockey Canada has implemented a new dressing room policy for the 2023-24 minor hockey season, including a "minimum attire rule," with the goal of respecting privacy and making dressing environments mo...
Oct 05, 2023
Women's Equality Coalition applauds sex-work ruling, calls on Ottawa to do more
OTTAWA - A coalition of women's groups that support Canada's laws criminalizing some aspects of prostitution are calling on the federal government to do more to support and protect vulnerable people i...
Oct 05, 2023
Hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of victims in Prigozhin's plane crash, Putin says
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that hand grenade fragments were found in the bodies of people who died in the Aug. 23 crash of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane. ...
Oct 05, 2023
Trump lawyers seek dismissal of DC federal election subversion case, arguing presidential immunity
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a judge on Thursday to dismiss the Washington federal election subversion case against him, arguing the Republican is immune from prosecution for actio...
Oct 05, 2023
START Centre at Lethbridge College earns $700,000 grant
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge College has received significant funding toward its goal of making Alberta a global leader in the virtual and augmented reality space.Alberta Innovates has announced that L...
Oct 05, 2023
Lions, Bombers faceoff with first place in the CFL's Western Division at stake
SURREY, B.C. - Season series winner, first place in the CFL's Western Division and bragging rights. That's what is at stake as the Lions (11-4) host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (11-4) Friday night in wh...
Oct 05, 2023
Accused in secrets case was expected to achieve 'significant outcomes' for RCMP
OTTAWA - Evidence at the trial of a former RCMP intelligence official charged with breaching Canada's secrets law reveals he was in charge of a unit expected to work in a high-pressure environment. A ...
Oct 05, 2023
Quebec tables bill to sue drug companies for health-care costs linked to opioids
QUEBEC - The Quebec government has introduced a bill that would allow it to join a class-action lawsuit against more than 40 pharmaceutical companies accused of downplaying the harmful effects of opio...
Oct 05, 2023