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Caleb Smidt wins Calgary Stampede rodeo, beating out three former champions
CALGARY - Caleb Smidt took on and beat three former champions to win $100,000 on Showdown Sunday at the Calgary Stampede rodeo. Smidt, from Bellville, Texas, won the tie-down roping title with a time ...
Jul 16, 2019
Provincial outbreak of syphilis declared by Chief Medical Health Officer
EDMONTON, AB - The province's Chief Medical Officer of Health has declared a provincial outbreak of syphilis, after 1,536 cases were reported in 2018; an increase of nearly tenfold since 2014. There h...
Jul 16, 2019
NRC looking at reducing inspections at reactors
WASHINGTON - Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is recommending that the agency cut back on inspections at the country's nuclear reactors, a cost-cutting move promoted by the nuclear power industry b...
Jul 16, 2019
U.S. firm fined $2.9M for fuel spill that soiled B.C. First Nation territory
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - The company responsible for a fuel spill that contaminated the fishing territory of a First Nation on British Columbia's central coast has been fined $2.9 milli...
Jul 16, 2019
Information needed on missing Claresholm woman
CLARESHOLM -- RCMP are looking for information on the whereabouts of a missing woman. 29-year-old Christine Newman was last seen in Claresholm on July 8, 2019 and has not been seen since. There is gen...
Jul 16, 2019 Christine Newman -- photos supplied by RCMP
Farm groups want input on seed royalty structure
LETHBRIDGE -- Producers are being asked to share their views on proposed changes to seed royalty structures for cereal crops.Farm groups from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta have launched an online...
Jul 16, 2019 Canola Field - LethbridgeNewsNOW
New head coach Nick Nurse preparing Canada for long FIBA World Cup run
TORONTO - Nick Nurse is going to prepare Canada's men's basketball team for a long haul. A group of 29 players - including 17 NBAers - were invited to Canada's training camp on Tuesday ahead of t...
Jul 16, 2019
Canada opts for blend of experience and youth for rugby sevens Pan Am teams
Some familiar faces will be missing as Canada looks to defend its Pan American Games titles in men's and women's rugby sevens. Injuries and the desire to rest some veterans and to test ...
Jul 16, 2019
Former gun panel chair Jack Major says committee was 'an afterthought' for feds
OTTAWA - A former chairman of the federal advisory panel on firearms says he found the committee to be a well-meaning but ultimately pointless exercise because members were not all...
Jul 16, 2019
Powell says financial crisis accelerated economic changes
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the 2008 financial crisis accelerated major changes in the U.S. and global economies, leading to slower growth, lower inflation an...
Jul 16, 2019