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Carbon rebate will be more than carbon tax for most people
OTTAWA - Canada's budget watchdog agrees with the federal government's claim that Canadians are going to get more from the climate change tax rebate than they are paying in carbon tax.The federal gove...
Apr 27, 2019 The Canadian Press
Kenney meets caucus, says election win already rippling through Alberta economy
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's incoming premier says the United Conservative election win is already starting to ripple through the economy.Jason Kenney met with his new caucus and told members he has been ...
Apr 26, 2019 The Canadian Press
Canada working on an end to the rotting-refuse row with the Philippines
OTTAWA - A resolution to the row between Canada and the Philippines over rotting refuse appears imminent. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Wednesday she thinks a solution can be found "in t...
Apr 26, 2019
Dominic LeBlanc taking leave from cabinet to battle cancer
OTTAWA - Dominic LeBlanc is stepping away temporarily from his duties as intergovernmental and northern affairs minister after being diagnosed with a form of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Finance Minister Bil...
Apr 26, 2019
Troy Reeb to receive honorary degree from Lethbridge College
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge College graduate is receiving an honorary degree from his alma mater.Troy Reeb, who graduated from the school's Communication Arts - Broadcast Journalism program in 1988,...
Apr 26, 2019 Troy Reeb will receive an honorary degree from Lethbridge College on April 26. Photo credit: Lethbridge College
One small spark can create a blaze
TABER, AB - One might think that the rain and flurries in the local forecast means there's a lesser chance of a fire starting up, but that's not necessarily the case, according to Brian Schafer. Schaf...
Apr 26, 2019 Regional Fire Chief of the M.D. of Taber, Brian Schafer. Photo credit: GTA Photography
Eastern Canada braces for more flooding as forecast calls for rain
MONTREAL - Communities across much of Eastern Canada are bracing for more flooding today, with rain in the forecast from central Ontario to northern New Brunswick. Officials in Quebec are keeping a cl...
Apr 26, 2019
Coaldale and Lethbridge Fire crews deal with farmyard blaze
COALDALE -- The smoke could be seen by travellers on Highway-4. However, the fire, spotted around 2:30 Thursday (Apr 25) afternoon, was located about a mile south of Highway-512 (Jail Road) just off o...
Apr 25, 2019 LethbridgeNewsNOW.com
Farmers weighing canola conundrum with spring seeding underway
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - It's a spring tradition Bradley Betcker and his family have become accustomed to over the years, seeding tens of thousands of acres at the T Bar Cattle Company southwest of Medici...
Apr 25, 2019 Photo courtesy of Bob Schneider
Canfor announces temporary shutdown of BC Lumber Mills
CRANBROOK, B.C. -- First it was oil, then canola and now, lumber.Canfor Corporation has announced that they will be temporarily curtailing operations at all British Columbia dimension mills effective ...
Apr 25, 2019 Canfor operations in British Columbia and Alberta. Mills are shown by the graphic of two trees