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CP NewsAlert: RCMP scaling down search for murder suspects in northern Manitoba
WINNIPEG - The RCMP say they are scaling back the search for two British Columbia murder suspects in northern Manitoba.Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy says officers have searched more than 11,00...
Jul 31, 2019
Plans for renewable diesel refinery in Lethbridge gain momentum
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Plans are in the works to bring a renewable diesel refinery to Lethbridge.Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. has announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Renewable U Lethbridge Inc...
Jul 31, 2019 A concept image of a Cielo refinery. Photo courtesy Cielo Waste Solutions at www.cielows.com
Lethbridge man fined $500,000 on fraud convictions
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Ronald James Aitkens and his associated firms will have to pay half a million dollars for committing fraud and making untrue or misleading statements.According to the Financial and Co...
Jul 31, 2019 Gavel with hand
Federal Court orders 'Product of Israel' labels off of West Bank wines
OTTAWA - Labelling a wine from the West Bank as a "Product of Israel" is misleading and deceptive, a Federal Court judge declared Monday in a ruling that tosses the politically charged file ...
Jul 31, 2019
Two arrests made in Lethbridge after $75K worth of drugs and cash found
LETHBRIDGE, AB - ALERT, the city's organized crime and gang team, made a significant arrest on Friday, July 26th.Following a short-term drug trafficking investigation, police executed a search warrant...
Jul 31, 2019 Seized cash, drugs and weapons - photo credit to ALERT
'There is no Oka crisis 2.0,' Kanesatake chief says as land dispute simmers
MONTREAL - Kanesatake's grand chief said Monday that his people are not heading towards a second Oka crisis, despite tensions over a land dispute and a highly publicized war of wor...
Jul 31, 2019
Canada eyeing implications of U.S. plan to allow imports of prescription drugs
OTTAWA - Canada's health minister says the federal government is in touch with U.S. officials to discuss the Trump administration's plan to allow imports of cheaper prescription drugs from north of th...
Jul 31, 2019
Toronto Blue Jays left-hander Ryan Borucki heads to injured list
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Toronto Blue Jays have placed left-hander Ryan Borucki on the 10-day injured list with left elbow inflammation, retroactive to Sunday. Left-hander Buddy Boshers has been selecte...
Jul 31, 2019
Canadian officer first woman to command standing NATO naval group
A Royal Canadian Navy officer heading a NATO fleet in the Black Sea and Mediterranean is the first woman to be given such a command in the alliance's history. Commodore Josee Kurtz is commanding Stand...
Jul 31, 2019
Canadians Fernandez, Bouchard join Sharapova, Venus Williams as Rogers Cup wild cards
TORONTO - Canadians Leylah Annie Fernandez and Eugenie Bouchard will join Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams as wild-card entries at the upcoming Rogers Cup women's event in Toronto. Tennis Canada ann...
Jul 31, 2019