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Legal challenge mounted against Canada's federally mandated quarantine hotel policy
TORONTO - A constitutional rights advocacy group is mounting a legal challenge to the Canadian government's quarantine hotel policy.The Canadian Constitution Foundation has filed an application with O...
Mar 09, 2021
Is Blunt's exit an opening for ex-Gov. Greitens to return?
O'FALLON, Mo. - Eric Greitens' political future seemed doomed by scandal when he resigned as Missouri governor. Now, he appears primed to test whether Sen. Roy Blunt's retirement provides a path for r...
Mar 09, 2021
April 7 recognized as Green Shirt Day in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Lethbridge City Council has passed the motion to recognize April 7th as "Green Shirt Day" in Lethbridge in honour of Logan Boulet and to remember the Humbolt Broncos bus crash."This is...
Mar 09, 2021
New resources to promote on-farm biogas opportunities
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- In an effort to increase sustainable agricultural development, the Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, has announced funding of up to $116,800 for the Canadi...
Mar 09, 2021
First whooping crane hatched at foundation in Wisconsin dies
BARABOO, Wis. - The first whooping crane hatched at the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin has died. Foundation officials said the crane, named Gee Whiz, died on Feb. 24 of natural causes. He...
Mar 09, 2021
Arkansas governor signs near-total abortion ban into law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law legislation banning nearly all abortions in the state, a sweeping measure that supporters hope will force the U.S. Supreme C...
Mar 09, 2021
Bull moose behind fence at B.C. airport feasts on fresh trees before coaxed to leave
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A bull moose that managed to wander inside the fenced perimeter at the Prince George, B.C., airport ended up staying after finding itself alone in what an animal researcher says ...
Mar 09, 2021
Horse-racing industry demands protections as MPs mull opening up single-game betting
OTTAWA - Representatives of Canada's horse-racing industry are calling for special protections as legislators weigh a private member's bill to allow one-game sports betting, which is currently illegal...
Mar 09, 2021
Horse-racing industry demands protections as MPs mull opening up single-game betting
OTTAWA - Representatives of Canada's horse-racing industry are calling for special protections as legislators weigh a private member's bill to allow one-game sports betting, which is currently illegal...
Mar 09, 2021
Kainai, Siksika Nations say Alberta coal project reviews inadequate, seek federal involvement
EDMONTON - Two of southern Alberta's largest First Nations want Ottawa to help review a proposed coal mine in the Rocky Mountains.The Siksika and Kainai say Alberta's plan to consider the environmenta...
Mar 09, 2021