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Blood Tribe Police Service Constable charged with sexual assault
STAND OFF, AB - A member of the Blood Tribe Police Service has been arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault.A release Wednesday morning noted that 10-year Constable Bradley Chief Body w...
Jul 17, 2019
Provincial outbreak of syphilis declared by Chief Medical Health Officer
EDMONTON, AB - The province's Chief Medical Officer of Health has declared a provincial outbreak of syphilis, after 1,536 cases were reported in 2018; an increase of nearly tenfold since 2014. There h...
Jul 16, 2019
Community Peace Officers to act as a "feeder system" for Lethbridge Police
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) believes it has enhanced their law enforcement capabilities by introducing a new category of personnel, Community Peace Officers (CPO).The Ministry of ...
Jul 15, 2019 The Lethbridge Police Service office. (Lethbridge News Now)
War Amps plays a huge part in Lethbridge teen’s life
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Shelby Smith was born a right-hand amputee and she says the War Amps has made a significant impact on her life.The 18-year-old from Lethbridge serves as a PLAYSAFE Ambassador for the ...
Jul 15, 2019 Shelby Smith, pictured in 2008 (left) at the 2008 Westerner Days parade and at the 2019 Calgary Stampede parade (right). Photo credit: Leah Cameron, the War Amps
Updated air passenger rights protections now in effect
MONTREAL - Airlines now have to reimburse passengers for flight bumping and damaged luggage as part of a package of new protections that take effect today.The regulations require prompt updates and cl...
Jul 15, 2019 Airport scene - The Canadian Press
CP Rail Police investigating train vs. motor vehicle collision
BROOKS, AB - Brooks RCMP teamed with the Brooks Fire Department, EMS and CP Rail Police Friday evening to respond to a collision between a train and a pickup truck.Crews responded at around 6:30 p.m. ...
Jul 15, 2019
Global concern grows over Canada's funding of fight against AIDS, TB, malaria
OTTAWA - International concern is growing in medical and development circles that the Trudeau government is about to step back from its much-publicized global leadership on eradicating AIDS, tuberculo...
Jul 15, 2019
Officials warned China, India could use communities in Canada to advance agendas
OTTAWA - Some of the federal government's top bureaucrats have been warned about China and India trying to use their respective ethnic communities in Canada to advance their own agendas. The stark war...
Jul 14, 2019
New immigration pilot will offer residency to some migrant farm-workers
OTTAWA - A new three-year immigration experiment that will give migrant workers a path to permanent residency in Canada is getting a thumbs-up from industry but a thumbs-down from migrant rights group...
Jul 14, 2019
Trudeau Liberals pledge $150M toward big-data cancer research initiative
OTTAWA - Months after first promising money to a cancer research network bearing Terry Fox's name, the federal health minister touted the spending at an event Thursday. The infusion $150 million in fe...
Jul 13, 2019