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YMCA of Lethbridge launches “Race to 10K” membership campaign
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Cor Van Raay YMCA in Lethbridge has launched a new membership campaign.Race to 10K starts Sunday, May 1, 2022. It celebrates the Lethbridge-based YMCA nearing the 10,000 member mi...
May 01, 2022

Indigenous women more likely to face violence if they were a child in care: report
Front-line workers are calling for more support for Indigenous families after a Statistics Canada analysis found First Nations, Inuit and Mtis women are more likely to experience physical or sexual as...
May 01, 2022

COVID-19 is killing fewer people, but Quebec still reporting dozens of deaths daily
MONTREAL - Percylla Battista said she last spoke to her sister, Maggie Quart Robitaille, a week before Quart Robitaille tested positive for COVID-19. "She was feeling pretty good," Battista said in a ...
May 01, 2022

How the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping who will be the next Conservative party leader
OTTAWA - The last time federal Conservatives were picking a leader, their race was transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than two years later, they are at it again. But this time, the race is hap...
May 01, 2022

Pickleball's growth raises a racket in Victoria, amid bans over noise complaints
VICTORIA - Pickleball players readily admit their sport makes noise, but complaining about the sound of people having a healthy good time is out of bounds, say players and officials. Connie McCann bou...
May 01, 2022

Organizers say Rolling Thunder rally ends Sunday, police say no long-term occupation
OTTAWA - The Rolling Thunder rally is set to wind down today after arriving in Ottawa Friday afternoon, bringing large crowds to a downtown core that's still tense after the three-week-long occupation...
May 01, 2022

Canada captain Christine Sinclair on the mark as Portland wins NWSL season opener
PORTLAND, Ore. - Canada captain Christine Sinclair recorded career regular-season goal No. 55 for Portland as the Thorns blanked the Kansas City Current 3-0 in their NWSL season opener Saturday. Morga...
Apr 30, 2022

Canadians Yohan Lainesse, Tristan Connelly lose on UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS - American (Gifted) Gabe Green survived an early onslaught to stop Yohan (White Lion) Lainesse in the second round Saturday on a UFC Fight Night undercard, handling the Montreal welterweight...
Apr 30, 2022

Lethbridge Police seek help to locate man charged with fraud
UPDATE: The Lethbridge Police Service arrested Jason Adam Foster without incident on Sunday, May 1, 2022. The LPS would like to thank the public for its assistance in the case.LETHBRIDGE, AB -- The Le...
Apr 30, 2022

'Rolling Thunder' protesters drawn from 'Freedom Convoy' ranks return to Ottawa
OTTAWA, ON -- Former "Freedom Convoy" protesters returned to Canada's capital by the hundreds on Saturday to revel on Parliament Hill and denounce COVID-19 mandates as police staged a massive operatio...
Apr 30, 2022