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A dog’s purpose: the importance of dog guides in Canada
LETHBRIDGE, AB - More than 3,000 dog guides have been trained to help people with disabilities in Canada since 1983. While the disabled acquire the dogs for free, there is significant cost behind the ...
May 23, 2019 Photo credit: Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides on Facebook
Crews fight fire with fire to keep blaze from northern Alberta town
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - A fire-threatened town in northern Alberta says a successful controlled burn has been carried out to help keep a raging nearby wildfire at bay. A statement on High Level's web...
May 23, 2019
Trudeau in Saskatchewan to exonerate Chief Poundmaker of treason
CUT KNIFE, Sask. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to visit a Saskatchewan First Nation today to exonerate a chief unjustly convicted of treason more than 130 years ago. Trudeau is to vindi...
May 23, 2019
Restriction lifted for Canadian beef exported to Japan
MEDICINE HAT, AB -- The last restriction on the 2005 bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) crisis have been lifted.Japan will now import beef from cattle more than 30 months old, marking an end on re...
May 22, 2019 Cattle in feedlot -- LethbridgeNewesNOW
Mayor says northern Alberta town still under threat from nearby wildfire
HIGH LEVEL AB -- The mayor of a northwestern Alberta town says the threat from a powerful wildfire burning three kilometres away has not passed and warns evacuees they could be out longer than expecte...
May 22, 2019 The Canadian Press
Forensic assessment completed for man charged in impaired driving death of former Pikanii Band Councillor
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A forensic assessment, ordered back in early March for 62-year-old Douglas Bagnall, has been completed.However, during a court appearance via CCTV from the Calgary Remand Centre Wedne...
May 22, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
Lethbridge Park 'n' Ride terminal won't likely be completed until summertime
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Nearly one year ago, while former Transportation Minister Brian Mason visited Lethbridge, it was projected that the new regional Park 'n' Ride Terminal would be completed in early 201...
May 22, 2019 The Park 'n' Ride Transit Terminal under construction in downtown Lethbridge (Lethbridge News Now)
Police searching for suspect caught on video stealing from cars in Coaldale
COALDALE, AB - Thefts from vehicles are on the rise in Coaldale. That's according to the Coaldale RCMP. The detachment said that during the early morning hours of May 21, a suspect or suspects were in...
May 22, 2019 A screenshot from the video provided by the Coaldale RCMP
Survey finds minimal progress in military's fight against sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada survey of military personnel suggests the Canadian Forces has made minimal progress in eradicating serious sexual misconduct from the ranks despite years of effort. Ac...
May 22, 2019
Crackdown on money laundering does not include federal public inquiry: minister
VICTORIA - The federal minister in charge of Canada's fight against money laundering supports British Columbia's public inquiry into dirty money but says a national examination is not necessary. Organ...
May 22, 2019