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Scheer promises coast-to-coast energy corridor as he outlines economic vows
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer pledged Thursday to pursue a coast-to-coast energy corridor, achieve Canadian oil independence within a decade and adjust mortgage rules with the aim of maki...
May 16, 2019 The Canadian Press
It may be protein based - but, it is not beef!
CALGARY, AB -- Cattle producers across the country are backing Quebec colleagues who have filed a complaint over a popular new meatless burger that is being advertised as ``plant-based meat.'' The Que...
May 16, 2019 Credit to Beyond Meat website
Pronghorns women's rugby team adds another Southern Alberta product
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Pronghorn women's rugby program has continued to build this year's recruiting class, this time by adding another Southern Alberta product with family ties to the progra...
May 16, 2019 Photo Credit: U of L Pronghorns
Mounties always get their man, even when they're a tin cut-out
LLOYDMINSTER, Alta. - Some new scarecrows are popping up on the Prairies, but these aren't meant for bluffing birds.Life-size metal cut-outs of uniformed Mounties are being placed next to busy roads a...
May 16, 2019 Photo courtesy City of Lloydminster on Twitter @cityoflloyd
G.S. Lakie students and community partners team up for a different kind of learning
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The students at G. S. Lakie Middle School are getting a bit of a different learning experience than their parents. Lori Adamson and Gord Smith teach a course developed to meet the req...
May 16, 2019 Students working away
New U of L chancellor’s first event set for later this month
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge's chancellor will preside over his first official event later this month, the Chancellor's Dinner. Charles Weaselhead is the U of L's first ever Indigenou...
May 16, 2019 University of Lethbridge chancellor Charles Weaselhead (Photo courtesy University of Lethbridge)
Calgary Stampede reveals over-the-top menu items for 2019
CALGARY, AB - This year's midway menu at the Calgary Stampede includes ice pops made from pickle juice, deep-fried chicken skin and octopus deep-fried or in a lollipop. The 10-day festival celebrating...
May 16, 2019
Canada introducing digital charter to combat hate speech, misinformation
PARIS - The federal government says it will launch a new digital charter that will dictate how the country will combat hate speech, misinformation and online electoral interference in Canada. Prime Mi...
May 16, 2019
China formally arrests two detained Canadians in case linked to Huawei
BEIJING - China has formally arrested two Canadian citizens it's been holding since December in an apparent effort to pressure Canada into releasing a Chinese telecom executive. The move brings the tw...
May 16, 2019
Significant drug seizures made by RCMP Traffic Services in Banff and Jasper
ALBERTA - Traffic stops on Alberta's highways can lead to substantial seizures of illicit drugs, firearms, stolen goods and other contraband materials, and that certainly was the case back in April.Fi...
May 15, 2019 The seizure in Canmore