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What we know - and don't know - about the objects being shot down over North America
OTTAWA - Canadians have been inundated with reports of unidentified objects being shot down by American fighter jets over the U.S. and Canada. So what do we know about what is happening - and what don...
Feb 14, 2023
MPs summon big grocery store CEOs to testify in Ottawa over food inflation
OTTAWA - The heads of Canada's largest grocery store chains have been summoned to a House of Commons committee to answer for rising grocery prices. On Monday, a committee studying food price inflation...
Feb 14, 2023
Taber Waste Transfer Station and Landfill to close temporarily
TABER, AB - The Town of Taber is informing residents of a temporary closure coming to the Waste Transfer Station and Landfill. According to town officials, the Transfer Station Road will be closed to ...
Feb 13, 2023
Premiers agree to accept new federal health-care funding offer
OTTAWA, ON - Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson says Canada's premiers have agreed to accept the health-care funding deal offered to them by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, although they say it is far ...
Feb 13, 2023
Object over Yukon ordered shot down because of threat posed to aircraft: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Canadian recovery teams are searching the Yukon wilderness for the remnants of an object shot down by American military planes Saturday afternoon and which the United States is now identifyin...
Feb 12, 2023
Lethbridge School Division Superintendent Cheryl Gilmore announces retirement
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Following nearly 10 years at the helm of Lethbridge School Division 51, Superintendent Cheryl Gilmore has announced she will retire in July 2023. Gilmore received her Bachelor of Educ...
Feb 10, 2023
Premier Smith calls meetings with PM and premiers constructive
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has had a "very constructive" set of meetings with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and her fellow Canadian premiers.Provincial officials are in Ott...
Feb 09, 2023
Milk River emergency department closing again after brief re-opening
MILK RIVER, AB - Alberta Health Services says the Milk River Health Centre Emergency Department will be temporarily closed again starting Thursday, February 9 at 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. Monday, Febr...
Feb 08, 2023
New University of Lethbridge President and Vice-Chancellor welcomed
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Dr. Digvir Jayas toured the University of Lethbridge (U of L) on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, in advance of assuming his upcoming role as President and Vice-Chancellor of the post-secon...
Feb 07, 2023
One-third of households say they're financially worse off compared to year ago: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll finds one-third of Canadian households say their financial situation has worsened over the last year. According to a Leger poll commissioned by the Association for Canadian Studies...
Feb 07, 2023