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Canadian Tajon Buchanan continues remarkable rise with MLS all-star selection
Canadian international Tajon Buchanan's remarkable rise continued Wednesday when he was named an MLS all-star. The 22-year-old winger from Brampton, Ont., who plays for the New England Revolution, was...
Aug 04, 2021
Border workers issue strike notice to government, job action to start Friday: union
OTTAWA - A union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers says its members will begin job action across the country on Friday. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and its Cust...
Aug 04, 2021
Federal government rejects Alberta’s request to allow pepper spray for self-defence
OTTAWA, ON - The federal government has axed Alberta's proposal to make pepper spray legal for self-defence.Last month, provincial Justice Minister Kaycee Madu issued a request for two changes to the ...
Aug 04, 2021
Injured vets filing claims faster than officials can process them despite extra staff
OTTAWA - New figures from Veterans Affairs Canada show that despite adding hundreds of staff, injured ex-soldiers are still submitting claims for disability benefits faster than officials are processi...
Aug 04, 2021
Lethbridge Airport getting $583K for customer-focused upgrades
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The federal government is giving millions of dollars to seven airports in the prairie regions, and Lethbridge is one of them.Coming from Ottawa's Regional Air Transportation Initiativ...
Aug 04, 2021
Have your say on the future of services at Lethbridge Public Library
LETHBRIDGE, AB - How do you think the Lethbridge Public Library should tailor its services in the years to come?Now is your chance as officials are working on creating a new five-year strategic plan f...
Aug 04, 2021
After long delay due to global pandemic, CFL finally set to resume playing football
Commissioner Randy Ambrosie and the CFL are finally back in the football business. The CFL kicks off the '21 season Thursday night, its first action since the 2019 Grey Cup game. The league cancelled ...
Aug 04, 2021
Nunavut community of Qikiqtarjuaq to get long-awaited deepwater port
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Baffin Island community of Qikiqtarjuaq will see a deepwater port built in its community after decades of lobbying the federal government. Infrastructure minister Catherine McKe...
Aug 04, 2021
Manitoba minister says residential schools meant to eliminate Indigenous people
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba cabinet minister who once defended some of the intentions behind residential schools now says they were part of a genocide. Alan Lagimodiere says former prime minister John A. Ma...
Aug 04, 2021
Bo Levi Mitchell leads a Calgary Stampeders lineup with a lot of new faces
The Calgary Stampeders enter the CFL season with a healthy Bo Levi Mitchell, after taking time off during training camp to rest a sore groin, and a host of fresh faces. The first test of that new tale...
Aug 04, 2021