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Turnout for Day 1 of advance voting during N.B. election unusually high
FREDERICTON - Voters have turned out in unusually high numbers for advance polls in New Brunswick, with the chief electoral officer saying she believes people are eager to avoid election day lineups d...
Sep 06, 2020
Lethbridge artist's work on display at Helen Schuler Nature Centre
LETHBRIDGE, AB- The Helen Schuler Nature Centre has announced the Community Art Gallery is now showcasing the work of local Lethbridge artist Colin Starkevich.A number of recent pieces by Colin Starke...
Sep 06, 2020
Census Bureau must temporarily halt winding down operations.
ORLANDO, Fla. - The U.S. Census Bureau for now must stop following a plan that would have it winding down operations in order to finish the 2020 census at the end of September, according to a federal ...
Sep 06, 2020
Indigenous genocide finding hangs over Canada's Myanmar court intervention
OTTAWA - Cries of the pot calling the kettle black are emerging after Canada joined an international genocide lawsuit against Myanmar, because the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous...
Sep 06, 2020
Lawyers hope to erase racist and misogynistic nickname of mountain landmark
Momentum is building to properly name a prominent landmark on a mountain in the Alberta Rockies because its commonly used nickname is racist and misogynistic. The feature, which has been known since t...
Sep 06, 2020
Terry Fox Run going digital for 40th anniversary, you can take part anywhere
LETHBRIDGE, AB - There is a new way to take part in this year's Terry Fox Run and to raise money for cancer research.Co-Chair of the Lethbridge Terry Fox Run Lorien Johansen says, due to COVID-19 limi...
Sep 06, 2020
No easy way home for seafarers delivering goods to Canadian ports during pandemic
MONTREAL - Resig Calanog's walk around Montreal's port is only the second time in nine months he's been on solid ground. Even for a career ship worker, it's a lot of time at sea. As for when...
Sep 06, 2020
Indigenous genocide finding hangs over Canada's Myanmar court intervention
OTTAWA - Cries of the pot calling the kettle black are emerging after Canada joined an international genocide lawsuit against Myanmar, because the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous...
Sep 06, 2020
Flu vaccine orders up in Canada as simultaneous COVID and flu infections feared
VANCOUVER - Pamela Hardy will be getting her 11-year-old twins vaccinated against flu as soon as an immunization program begins but she's worried about how public health officials ...
Sep 06, 2020
Grass fires, combine fire, semi tip-over, train derailment – busy day for fire departments
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- It was a busy day for fire and emergency crews around southern Alberta on Saturday.It began around 10:30 in the morning, on University Drive, when a vehicle struck the back end of t...
Sep 05, 2020