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Provinces want to ensure supports are in place for immigration boost
WINNIPEG - Discussions are ongoing about how to best accommodate and support a rising number of immigrants that is driven in large part by Syrian refugees, say federal, provincial and territorial immi...
Oct 12, 2016
Calls mounting for federal government to speed up judicial appointments
CALGARY - Calls are mounting for Ottawa to swiftly appoint more judges after a first-degree murder charge was stayed in Edmonton because of unreasonable delay in getting an accused to trial. Alberta M...
Oct 12, 2016
Addison and Tarzwell named to World Under-17’s
Lethbridge, AB - Hockey Canada announced Wednesday the rosters for the 2016 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and two Lethbridge Hurricanes players, Calen Addison and Josh Tarzwell, will take part in th...
Oct 12, 2016
Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky named partner and VP of Oilers Entertainment Group
EDMONTON - Wayne Gretzky has returned to the Edmonton Oilers. The Great One has been named partner and vice-chairman of Oilers Entertainment Group. The Oilers made the announcement Wednesday at an unv...
Oct 12, 2016
Visiting French PM looking for peacekeeping update from counterpart Trudeau
OTTAWA - When France’s leaders look at Canada, they see an oasis in a desert of angry populism that has darkened discussion on the merits of trade and immigration. In their own country and acros...
Oct 12, 2016
LeBron blasts Trump's crude 'trash talk,' Brady avoids topic
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - LeBron James blasted Donald Trump’s crude remarks about women, calling it “trash talk” while refusing to even say the Republican presidential nominee’s name...
Oct 12, 2016
Local Businesses Network Looking To Chinese Investment
LETHBRIDGE – Business owners and investors from Anyang, China are in Lethbridge this week, connecting with local businesses in hopes of potential foreign investment opportunities. A consortium o...
Oct 12, 2016
Toronto FC goalkeeper says players are keeping up with U.S. election
Toronto FC goalkeeper Clint Irwin’s absentee vote is in the mail. Donald Trump should not hold his breath. There are 13 Americans on the MLS team’s roster, not including the coaching staff...
Oct 12, 2016
Veteran Burris to lead Redblacks into crucial contest against Tiger-Cats
It’s Henry Burris’s time with the Ottawa Redblacks - again. The CFL’s outstanding player last season will lead Ottawa into its crucial home-and-home series with the Hamilton Tiger-Ca...
Oct 12, 2016
Two Sides Clash Over Magrath Public Library Relocation
LETHBRIDGE – Conversation was heated at Tuesday’s (Oct. 11) Magrath Town Council meeting, where a group of concerned residents brought forth a petition to save the town’s current lib...
Oct 12, 2016