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Carney says federal government will strike more pharmacare deals with provinces
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is committed to signing pharmacare deals with all provinces and territories, ending months of speculation about the program being cut short. The...
Sep 11, 2025
Province highlighting its support of post-secondary students
With a new school year well underway, Alberta's government says it is helping build the province's future workforce through funding to support post-secondary students.Alberta's government says it is i...
Sep 11, 2025
Man charged with sexual assault & luring of underage Lethbridge girl, more victims possible
The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has apprehended a man who allegedly lured and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl.On April 23, 2025, officers responded to a report of a missing youth.It was dete...
Sep 11, 2025
Fact File: Online posts mislead on immigrant share of population
Recent online posts claimed a chart depicting work and study permit holders in Canada since 2000 showed that the country "imported" 36 per cent of its population - or more than 15 million people - ove...
Sep 11, 2025
LPS lays charges in high-risk incident
The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has apprehended a woman in what it calls a high-risk incident.Officers were called to the 100 block of Sundial Court West around noon on Wednesday, September 10.The...
Sep 11, 2025
Conservatives plan to introduce their own bill on bail reform this fall
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will introduce a bill this fall that would make it harder for people accused of certain crimes to get bail. Poilievre says the proposal wou...
Sep 11, 2025
Carney's major project list includes LNG development, nuclear power, mining
An expansion to the Port of Montreal and doubling production of liquefied natural gas in British Columbia are among the first five major projects the federal government intends to approve under its fa...
Sep 11, 2025
Rifle recovered in the search for Charlie Kirk's killer as FBI releases photos of person of interest
OREM, Utah (AP) - The sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk is believed to have jumped off a roof and fled into a neighborhood after firing one shot and has not been identified, authorities said Thursd...
Sep 11, 2025
Disgraced former Sen. Bob Menendez's wife gets 4½ years in prison for role in bribery scheme
NEW YORK (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's wife was sentenced Thursday to 4 1/2 years in prison for selling the powerful New Jersey politician's influence in exchange for bribes of cash, gold bar...
Sep 11, 2025
Man arrested in U.S. and returned to Canada for crash that killed two near Montreal
MONTREAL - A truck driver wanted in Quebec for a crash south of Montreal in 2022 that killed a boy and a woman is in custody after he was arrested in the U.S. and returned to Canada. Quebec provincial...
Sep 11, 2025