Tag Archives: Events

Paying respect to those lost in battle and those who remain
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- It was a sunny day, with brightly coloured costumes and flags, bagpipers and Blackfoot drummers and chanters along side Legion members in uniform. The bright colours were in sharp c...
Aug 17, 2020

Vigils to take place tonight for slain doctor
RED DEER, Alta. - Two vigils are planned tonight for a family doctor who was killed at a walk-in clinic in Red Deer earlier this week.Dr. Walter Reynolds, a 45-year-old father of two girls, died in ho...
Aug 14, 2020

Streaming concert, online videos and fireworks app to help mark Canada Day 2020
OTTAWA - Canadians are being offered a buffet of online videos, crafts and even a stop-motion animation app to celebrate Canada Day from home. Federal officials are releasing the details of how July 1...
Jun 15, 2020

Nova Scotia mass killer should be subjected to psychological autopsy: experts
HALIFAX - As the RCMP investigate the case of the Nova Scotia gunman who killed 22 people during a 13-hour rampage last month, a key question remains unanswered: Why? The Mounties have said littl...
May 06, 2020

Ceremony to be held today for service members who died in helicopter crash
CFB TRENTON, Ont. - The Canadian military is to hold a special ramp ceremony today at Canadian Forces Base Trenton to repatriate remains of a service member and honour all six who died in a ...
May 06, 2020

‘Very, very terrified’: Brooks residents launch petition demanding closure of JBS facility
BROOKS AB. -- A Brooks resident has launched an online petition calling for the shutdown of the JBS meat plant in the city.Benyat Zeki organized the petition along with a group of friends that call th...
Apr 26, 2020 JBS Plant in Brooks -- File photo
Mass killing in Nova Scotia began with attack, binding of girlfriend: source
HALIFAX - A source close to the investigation says a killer's murderous rampage across Nova Scotia began with him attacking and binding his girlfriend, and that she managed to escape and eventual...
Apr 24, 2020

Paradise Canyon to host Mackenzie Tour event for third straight year
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Details on the Paradise Canyon Open have been revealed in Lethbridge.After two successful years of tournaments, the PGA Tour and Mackenzie Tour will be coming to the golf course to ho...
Feb 20, 2020 Paradise Canyon Golf Course - credit Paradise Canyon Website

Government to evacuate Canadians from quarantined Princess Diamond cruise ship
The federal government says it will evacuate Canadians quarantined aboard a cruise ship docked in Japan. They've been stuck on the Diamond Princess cruise ship for 10 days amid an outbreak of the nove...
Feb 16, 2020

Fire keeping investigators away from train derailment in rural Saskatchewan
GUERNSEY, Sask. - The Transportation Safety Board says a fire continues to burn at the site of a train derailment in Saskatchewan and investigators can't access the site. It says one investigator...
Feb 07, 2020