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Canadian farmland values continue to soften amid uncertainty: FCC
CALGARY, AB. -- The average value of Canadian farmland increased by 5.2 per cent in 2019, the smallest increase over the past decade, according to the latest Farmland Values Report from Farm Credit Ca...
Apr 08, 2020 Harvest in progress - photo credit to Glenn Miller
Demographic data 'essential' to track impacts of COVID-19: researchers
OTTAWA - Researchers are calling for more detailed data on who is getting and dying from COVID-19, to find out if specific minority or socioeconomic groups are unduly impacted. The Unit...
Apr 08, 2020
Lafrenière tops list of NHL draft-eligible prospects
Alexis Lafrenire, as expected, maintained the top spot in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's final ranking of draft-eligible prospects released Wednesday. What remains uncertain for the 18-year-old Rim...
Apr 08, 2020
NHLers reflect on league pause: 'All of a sudden someone turns the car off'
Josh Morrissey figures he has more close friends on the Edmonton Oilers than any other rival NHL team. It led to some unusual heat-of-the-moment conversations for the Winnipeg defenceman the...
Apr 08, 2020
Europe struggles to agree on economic response to virus
BRUSSELS - European governments remained at loggerheads Wednesday over measures to help the economy weather the coronavirus outbreak, breaking off a meeting of finance officials who clashed over aid c...
Apr 08, 2020
Airbus cuts production by a third as airlines struggle
LONDON - European planemaker Airbus said Wednesday it is reducing production by about a third as demand for aircraft and travel plummets due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company said it delivered ...
Apr 08, 2020
BC closes all provincial parks and prohibits motorized recreation throughout Koocanusa area
Cranbrook, B.C. -- After a widespread call for increased action to deal with COVID-19 issues, B.C. is immediately closing all provincial parks. George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Chang...
Apr 08, 2020 Lake Koocanusa - B.C. Gov't
Armed Forces reports 20 military suicides last year, largest number since 2014
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces has quietly revealed that 20 service members took their own lives last year, the largest number of military suicides since 2014. The increase comes despite the feder...
Apr 08, 2020
South Lethbridge house fire the result of electronic device being left plugged in
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services is reminding the public about the dangers of leaving portable electronic devices plugged in for too long.They were called to a residential build...
Apr 08, 2020 Lethbridge fire truck. (Lethbridge News Now)
Landowners and legal experts criticize Alberta's well cleanup bill
EDMONTON - Landowners and legal experts are criticizing Alberta's hastily passed new legislation intended to help clean up the province's huge stockpile of abandoned energy facilities. The bill, which...
Apr 08, 2020