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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
Crews respond to multi-vehicle fire Thursday morning
COALDALE, AB - At approximately 4:00 am Thursday morning, Coaldale, Picture Butte, and Lethbridge Fire Services were called to a multi-vehicle fire in Coaldale.Coaldale crews needed assistance from th...
Jul 02, 2021
Liberals keeping close eye on rapid-housing program revamp for future, Hussen says
OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of building affordable housing says projects left waiting cap-in-hand when the program they applied to ran out of funds will be at the front of the queue during...
Jul 02, 2021
Parties rake in millions in donations despite pandemic, padding campaign war chests
OTTAWA - Federal parties appear to have seen a drop in their fundraising in 2020, a year when the pandemic dented donations of all kinds. The Conservative return shows that the party pulled in more th...
Jul 02, 2021
Indigenous leaders in Cranbrook area say human remains may not be linked to residential school
CRANBROOK, BC - "aq am Leadership would like to stress that although these findings are tragic, they are still undergoing analysis and the history of this area is a complex one."Leaders at the Ktunaxa...
Jul 02, 2021
UPDATE: Multiple buildings destroyed in hay plant fire east of Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Firefighters remain on scene nearly two days after a significant fire broke out at Green Prairie International.Just after 7:00 pm on Wednesday, June 30, a small fire started in one of...
Jul 02, 2021
Veteran Toronto police officer killed, other officer injured in 'deliberate act'
TORONTO - A veteran police officer has died after he was struck by a vehicle in "an intentional and deliberate act" that left another officer injured, Toronto police said Friday. Interim police Chief ...
Jul 02, 2021
Canada's Ben LeSage returns to test rugby after exiting World Cup with broken hand
The last time Ben LeSage played for Canada, he broke his hand. And kept playing. It happened four minutes into Canada's opening match at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, a 48-7 loss to Italy on Sept. 26 in F...
Jul 02, 2021
Some Lytton, B.C., residents still unaccounted for after wildfire evacuation
LYTTON, B.C. - The search continued Friday for multiple residents of a village in British Columbia's Interior that was decimated by a wildfire this week. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth hasn't s...
Jul 02, 2021