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Prairie provinces have no plans to put carbon tax stickers on pumps
EDMONTON - Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers o...
Aug 16, 2019
Archeological teams to excavate, map wrecks of Franklin expedition
OTTAWA - Canadian archeologists are on their way to a remote island near the Arctic Circle for another chance to dig up the secrets held by the Franklin expedition wrecks. Parks Canada and I...
Aug 16, 2019
Defence minister asks military watchdog to investigate racism in the ranks
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has asked Canada's military ombudsman to investigate racism in the Canadian Forces following several high-profile incidents and a report linking service members...
Aug 16, 2019
Keep justice minister and attorney general one role: McLellan report
OTTAWA - The former Liberal cabinet minister tasked with looking into whether the roles of justice minister and attorney general should be separated is recommending no structural changes should b...
Aug 16, 2019
First Nations women finally to be treated equally under Indian Act: Bennett
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says First Nations women will finally be treated the same as men under the Indian Act. Bennett says First Nations women and their descendan...
Aug 16, 2019
Liberals unveil $3B sole-source deal for armoured vehicles ahead of election
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government says it plans to award a multibillion-dollar contract for hundreds of light armoured vehicles to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada without holding a competit...
Aug 16, 2019
Canadian Crop Hail Association receives more than 10,000 damage claims this year
The Canadian Crop Hail Association says more than 10-thousand damage claims have been received by its member companies so far this year.At the mid-point of the year, Saskatchewan farmers have filed ne...
Aug 16, 2019 Molnar corn field hit by hail Aug 6 -- LNN
NDP removes MP as candidate who was in discussions with another party
OTTAWA - The New Democrats have removed Quebec MP Pierre Nantel as an NDP candidate following what the party is calling "confirmed reports" that he is in discussions to run for a different p...
Aug 16, 2019
Lethbridge Police searching for missing man, Brandon Douglas Rourke
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Brandon Douglas Rourke was last heard from by family members on Monday, August 5th, 2019.Police have made several attempts to find the 32-year-old, but have been unsuccessful so far.A...
Aug 16, 2019 Brandon Douglas Rourke. (Supplied by Lethbridge Police Service)
Police investigating armed robbery at north Lethbridge gas station
LETHBRIDGE, AB - At approximately 4:50 am on Friday, August 16th, police say a masked man and woman entered the Circle K/Esso gas station on Bluefox Boulevard North.While the man stayed at the entranc...
Aug 16, 2019 Lethbridge Police Service station. (Lethbridge News Now)