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Two-time Canadian champion Chelsea Carey joins Saskatchewan curling team
REGINA - Two-time Canadian women's curling champion Chelsea Carey is joining another new team.Winnipeg's Carey will skip Jolene Campbell's team from Regina, with Campbell shifting to vice.It's Carey's...
May 19, 2021
Coal company asks court to quash order for federal environmental review of expansion
A coal company is asking Federal Court today to toss out a decision by Canada's environment minister that a proposed Alberta mine expansion should get a full federal environmental review. Coalspur Min...
May 19, 2021
Urban Forest Management Plan approved by Lethbridge City Council
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve an Urban Forest Management plan.Based on a recommendation from a May 6 meeting of the Civic Works Standing Policy Committe...
May 19, 2021
Lethbridge to pilot e-scooter program
LETHBRIDGE, AB- In Tuesday's meeting, Lethbridge City Council voted unanimously to proceed with an e-scooter pilot project.The rentable, battery-powered e-scooter pilot was brought forward by councill...
May 19, 2021
Speedy striker commits to Kodiaks women’s soccer team
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge College Kodiaks have added a speedster to the women's soccer team roster.Megan Morrison is the latest recruit committed to joining the team next fall. She'll join the K...
May 19, 2021
Restrictions lifting as COVID infections slow; Ontario resumes non-urgent procedures
TORONTO - A slowdown in new COVID-19 infections across much of the country along with rising vaccination numbers has political and health authorities easing restrictions put in place to curb the pande...
May 19, 2021
Posthumous John le Carré novel to be published in October
LONDON (AP) - A final novel by John le Carr will be published this fall, 10 months after the spy writer's death at the age of 89. Publisher Viking said Wednesday that "Silverview," le Carr's 26th nove...
May 19, 2021
Fashion mogul Peter Nygard applies to Supreme Court to appeal bail decision
WINNIPEG - A Canadian fashion mogul facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States is looking to the Supreme Court of Canada to get out of jail. Peter Nygard has applied to the c...
May 19, 2021
Alberta premier not ready to give green light for Oilers fans to enter arena
EDMONTON - Alberta's premier is not ready to follow Quebec's lead in allowing hockey fans to attend NHL playoff games. Jason Kenney says Alberta currently has much higher COVID-19 numbers than Quebec....
May 19, 2021
Quebec orderly says colleague admitted to deleting video on phone of Joyce Echaquan
MONTREAL - A hospital orderly told a coroner's inquest today one of her colleagues had admitted to being filmed by Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous patient who died at the facility on Sept. 28, 2020. The...
May 19, 2021