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Queen's Plate winner Mighty Heart tops field for $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes
He captured the Queen's Plate as a 13/1 longshot, but Mighty Heart won't have the element of surprise in the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes. The one-eyed colt is the 7/5 earl...
Sep 28, 2020

Southern Alberta Indigenous communities receive share of $11.8 million in COVID-19 funding
OTTAWA, ONT. -- The Federal Government has taken action at all levels to protect the most vulnerable and support those who need it most. On Monday (Sept 28), the Honourable Jim Carr, on behalf of Marc...
Sep 28, 2020

EU-UK spat over Brexit deal clouds key trade talks this week
BRUSSELS - Britain entered a crucial week of post-Brexit talks with the European Union on Monday by rejecting the EU's demand that it drop plans to breach the legally binding agreement it signed on it...
Sep 28, 2020

Calgary hospital restricts visitors, postpones surgeries as COVID-19 infections grow
CALGARY - A Calgary hospital is postponing surgeries and restricting visitors as a COVID-19 outbreak grows. Alberta Health Services says 26 patients and 27 workers at the Foothills Medical Centr...
Sep 28, 2020

CPP breaking its rules with third-party donations in U.S: environment group
TORONTO - An environmental group says the Canada Pension Plan is dodging rules that say its money cannot be used for political ends. John Bennett of Friends of the Earth says the national plan owns a ...
Sep 28, 2020

$770,000 in COVID-19 relief funds given to 40 local non-profits
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Dozens of charities in the region will share local, provincial, and federal grants.The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta received just over $770,000 from the...
Sep 28, 2020

Malta seeks shark tooth fossil presented to Prince George
VALLETTA, Malta - Malta says it will seek to retrieve a shark tooth that was presented to Britain's Prince George by veteran broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough, who found the fossil during ...
Sep 28, 2020

Minimal risk to wild salmon from viruses on farmed B.C. salmon: Fisheries Department
VANCOUVER - The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says nine pathogens from farmed salmon in British Columbia's Discovery Islands pose a minimal risk to wild salmon, based on its scientific assessment...
Sep 28, 2020

Rachael Harder holding virtual town hall meeting September 30
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Lethbridge MP Rachael Harder, will hold a town hall meeting on September 30th at 7 PM.The meeting will be held virtually and is open to the public through a Zoom call or by telephone."...
Sep 28, 2020

Agriculture leading Alberta's economic recovery, several records to be broken this year
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta says a combination of crop yields and cattle prices are pulling a lot of weight this year.Crop yields are estimated to hit a record-high in Alberta with farm...
Sep 28, 2020