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DynaLIFE to open more lab service centres across Alberta
CALGARY, AB - Starting December 5, 2022, DynaLIFE Medical Labs will begin providing community and non-urgent hospital lab services to communities across Alberta. On June 1, 2022, a new service agreeme...
Jun 02, 2022
Ukrainians who've fled to Canada can now apply for government income support
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says Ukrainians who have fled to Canada from the war with Russia will start to receive income assistance from the federal government in the next five days. Pr...
Jun 02, 2022
RBC Canadian Open to have spectator seats 100 feet above course
TORONTO - Fans at next week's RBC Canadian Open will have the opportunity to dine 100 feet above the golf course. Seats and a table will be suspended above St. George's Golf and Country Club so specta...
Jun 02, 2022
Texas senator: School police chief didn't know of 911 calls
UVALDE, Texas (AP) - The commander at the scene of a school shooting in Texas was not informed of panicked 911 calls coming from inside the school building, a Texas state senator said Thursday. Sen. R...
Jun 02, 2022
Procurement minister defends shipbuilding plan amid challenges
OTTAWA - Canada's procurement minister is defending the federal government's multibillion-dollar shipbuilding plan amid mounting concerns about new delays and cost overruns. Procurement Minister Filom...
Jun 02, 2022
Taber’s Kitawna Sparks joins Lethbridge College Kodiaks women’s basketball team
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Taber basketball star is joining the Lethbridge College Kodiaks women's team.Kitawna Sparks will suit up for the Kodiaks next season. Head coach Ken McMurray said that "Kitawna is a...
Jun 02, 2022
Afghan MP forced to flee homeland pleads with Canada to do more to help refugees
OTTAWA - A member of Afghanistan's Parliament forced to flee her homeland after the Taliban takeover last year is pleading with Canada to do more to help bring Afghan refugees to safety. Naheed Farid ...
Jun 02, 2022
COVID hospitalizations fall under 1,000 in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest weekly report on COVID-19. The numbers reported in this update reflect data from May 24-30, 2022.During that time, 2,348 cases were confirmed in A...
Jun 02, 2022
No Dustin? No problem. RBC Canadian Open unfazed by Johnson's withdrawal
TORONTO - Dustin Johnson was once the face of the RBC Canadian Open but years after he won the men's national golf championship his sudden withdrawal from the PGA Tour event isn't having a significant...
Jun 02, 2022
Biden to speak on mass shootings, urge Congress to act
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will speak Thursday night on the recent spate of mass shootings and his plans to press Congress "to pass commonsense laws to combat the epidemic of gun violence t...
Jun 02, 2022