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Alberta delays release of guidelines on parks partnerships
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is delaying the release of information on its parks partnership plan.A spokeswoman for Environment Minister Jason Nixon says staff have been too busy working on parks...
May 04, 2020
Star Wars Day promotion gone wrong leads to police incident in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE - May the fourth is widely known among fans of the sci-fi series as Star Wars Day. As such, a business in Lethbridge themed around the franchise wanted to put on a promotion to celebrate it...
May 04, 2020 The employee dressed in the Star Wars stormtrooper costumer at Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina in Lethbridge. (Supplied to Lethbridge News NOw by Bradley Whalen)
Kingfish Ingram wins 5 Blues Music Awards in online show
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Guitarist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram took home five Blues Music Awards in an online ceremony that featured appearances by Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray and other musicians. The awards sh...
May 04, 2020
City crews restore power following three outages in 15 hours
Two pole fires and a failed transformer are to blame for three separate power outages in Red Deer Sunday night and Monday morning.Officials with the City's Electric, Light and Power (EL&P) departm...
May 04, 2020
Red Deer sees additional COVID-19 recovery, active cases now 5
Alberta is reporting 70 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total to 5,836.In Red Deer, the number of COVID-19 cases remains 36, but there is an additional recovery being reported. The numbe...
May 04, 2020
Nunavut's first COVID-19 case turns out to be false positive
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Canada's High Arctic may still be free of the novel coronavirus. A case of COVID-19 supposedly confirmed in the remote Nunavut community of Pond Inlet last week has turned out to be...
May 04, 2020
Ponoka residents invited to help clean up their town
Ponoka residents are invited to roll up their sleeves and help beautify their town by participating in the following events during the month of May.Community Clean Up May 11 - 15 Ponoka's annual Commu...
May 04, 2020
Alberta officials share COVID-19 update for May 4
Alberta's chief medical officer of health and other officials will give an update on the COVID-19 situation in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak at a media conference scheduled to begin at 3:3...
May 04, 2020
Hall of Fame 'keeper Karina LeBlanc endures health scare after giving birth
Karina LeBlanc knew life would change when she became a mother. But the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame goalkeeper did not expect the terrifying roller-coaster that followed the birth of daughter Paris, wi...
May 04, 2020
Special ‘Giving Tuesday’ inspires Canadians to show unity and generosity during pandemic
An annual day of giving is encouraging Canadians to do what they can to help others who are struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic."Giving Tuesday Now" on May 5 is designed to drive an influx of gen...
May 04, 2020