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Chief Mountain border crossing opens for the season this week
BABB, MT - The Chief Mountain border crossing will be re-opening for the season this week. On Wednesday, May 15, the Canada Border Service Agency will open the port, which is located along Highway 6 i...
May 13, 2019 The Chief Mountain Border Crossing. Photo supplied by the Canada Border Services Agency.
Danger subsiding after B.C. properties threatened by several weekend wildfires
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An evacuation order has been downgraded to an alert as crews in north-central British Columbia make progress battling a significant wildfire. The blaze broke out Saturday near the com...
May 13, 2019
Brothers Vandervlis and de Wit commit to each other and Concordia University for four years
*Story by Josh Hall (Twitter: Vancan19) via rdnewsNOW Two lifelong competitors who now call themselves brothers are preparing for at least four years living, studying and playing hockey together in Mo...
May 13, 2019
NDP unveils parts of climate plan in motion as the Green Party edges closer
OTTAWA - NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will cut Canada's emissions almost in half over the next decade as he tries to stake out a claim to the climate change agenda in the looming federal el...
May 13, 2019
Fort Whoop-Up gets an explosive start to the season
LETHBRIDGE -- The Fort Whoop-Up summer season began with booms and bangs that reverberated along the coulees Saturday (May 11) afternoon. The historic centre invited the South Alberta Horse Artillery ...
May 12, 2019 LethbridgeNewsNOW
Two Southern Alberta homeowners try selling properties with essay contest
EDMONTON - Albertans struggling to enter the real-estate market have at least two chances to win a home this year.A house south of Calgary and a historic bed and breakfast near the United States borde...
May 12, 2019 The Canadian Presss
Alberta’s top court reserves decision on appeal of triple murderer
CALGARY -- A lawyer for a man found guilty of killing a couple and their grandson has argued that a judge should never have allowed evidence taken from her client's farm because police shouldn't have ...
May 11, 2019 Bill Graveland - The Canadian Press
Qinetiq receives $51 million contract from armed forces; work to be completed in Medicine Hat
Photo by Bob SchneiderMEDICINE HAT, AB - A company that helps design target systems for military customers around the world has been awarded a significant contract from the Canadian Armed Forces, and ...
May 11, 2019 Photo by Bob Schneider
Red Deer Public Schools leading the call for stronger vaping laws
RED DEER -- Momentum is growing amongst Alberta school boards lobbying to push for stronger vaping regulations in the province.School board trustees from Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA) Zone ...
May 11, 2019
48-month sentence for Lethbridge man who pleaded guilty to 16 charges
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 28-year-old Lethbridge man will head to a federal penitentiary after he was sentenced to four years behind bars for a multitude of provincial and federal offences. Logan Drake plead...
May 10, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse