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Coaldale investing heavily in infrastructure while not raising residential property taxes
COALDALE, AB - The Town of Coaldale has laid out its plans for the next few years.Back in December 2019, council approved the 2020/2022 Operating Budget, while voting to adopt the 2020-2024 Capital Pl...
Jan 29, 2020 Town of Coaldale sign. (Lethbridge News Now)
Trump hosts Israeli leaders who call his peace plan historic
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump hosted Israel's prime minister and his chief rival Monday at the White House on the eve of unveiling a long-awaited Mideast peace plan, expressing confidence that d...
Jan 29, 2020
Edmonton Eskimos sign returner Christion Jones to contact extension
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos signed American returner Christion Jones to a contract extension Monday. Details weren't immediately available. Jones was set to become a free agent next mont...
Jan 29, 2020
With a little help, new Canadians make a curling connection in Winnipeg
Samira Jahmoun had no idea what curling was when she and her family arrived in Canada in 2016 from Syria via Jordan. Jahmoun, her sister and a brother stepped on curling ice for th...
Jan 29, 2020
With a little help, new Canadians make a curling connection in Winnipeg
Samira Jahmoun had no idea what curling was when she and her family arrived in Canada in 2016 from Syria via Jordan. Jahmoun, her sister and a brother stepped on curling ice for th...
Jan 29, 2020
Over $30K worth of drugs seized in Medicine Hat by ALERT
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Three people from Medicine Hat have been arrested and face drug charges after more than $30,000 worth of drugs were seized by an ALERT investigation in Medicine Hat.The two-month in...
Jan 29, 2020 Drugs seized (photo courtesy of ALERT)
Justice Sotomayor teases new picture book on civics, heroes
MIAMI - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wants young children to think of citizenship in a different way. The justice sat down with Grammy Award winning singer Gloria Estefan in Miami and told a ...
Jan 29, 2020
Canadian oil producers prepared for temporary price slump as virus spreads
OTTAWA - Canada's energy industry is not overly alarmed as the new coronavirus coming out of China is taking a bite out of world oil prices. Brad Herald, a vice-president at the Canadian Association o...
Jan 29, 2020
Putin pardons Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned an Israeli woman who had been jailed on drug charges, the Kremlin said Wednesday. A presidential decree pardoning Naama Issachar on "humanitarian...
Jan 29, 2020
Gov't wasting billions on 'failed' projects through outsourcing, says union
OTTAWA - Outsourcing of work that could be done by federal government employees is costing taxpayers billions of dollars, and has created an unaccountable shadow public service, says a report fro...
Jan 29, 2020