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Alberta Government aims to relieve EMS pressures
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The government of Alberta has revealed plans of easing pressure on emergency medical services (EMS) in the province.Jason Copping, Minister of Health, says EMS advisory committee reco...
May 26, 2022

With debates over, Conservative leadership candidate turns to final membership push
OTTAWA, ON - Now that the second official debate of the race is out of the way, Conservative leadership hopefuls will turn their attention to signing up as many supporters as they can before a fast-ap...
May 26, 2022

Copping encouraged by falling COVID numbers in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest weekly report on COVID-19. The numbers reported in this update reflect data from May 17-23, 2022.During that time, 2,737 cases were confirmed acro...
May 25, 2022

One of two Alberta men accused of killing hunters to take witness stand
EDMONTON, AB - A man accused of killing two Metis hunters on a rural Alberta road is scheduled to testify Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Anthony Bilodeau has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in th...
May 25, 2022

Cirque du Soleil 'OVO' to entertain audiences in Lethbridge this weekend
LETHBRIDGE, AB - It's not quite under the big top, but Cirque du Soleil's OVO will be ready to wow audiences at the Enmax Centre this weekend.Lethbridge is the first stop on the Canadian leg of OVO's ...
May 24, 2022

Lethbridge Starbucks workers attempting to unionize
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Five Starbucks locations in Lethbridge look to join a unionization movement in the company. The United Steelworkers union (USW) has filed an application with the Alberta Labour Relati...
May 24, 2022

Canadian soldiers encouraged to contact Habitat for Humanity for affordable housing
OTTAWA, ONT - An email encouraging members of the Canadian Armed Forces to consider contacting Habitat for Humanity if they can't find affordable housing is casting a spotlight on a growing challenge ...
May 23, 2022

Canada banning China's Huawei Technologies, ZTE from 5G telecom networks
OTTAWA, ON - The Liberal government is banning Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE from Canada's long-awaited blueprint for next-generation mobile networks.The development of 5G, or fifth-gene...
May 19, 2022

UCP leadership race gears up after Alberta's Kenney announces resignation
EDMONTON, AB - The race for a new United Conservative Party leader is gearing up after Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced he's stepping down. Kenney garnered 51.4 per cent support in a review of h...
May 19, 2022

BREAKING: Jason Kenney resigns as UCP leader
EDMONTON, AB - Despite winning a slight majority of votes in the United Conservative Party (UCP) leadership review vote, Jason Kenney will no longer be the leader of the governing party.On Wednesday, ...
May 18, 2022