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2 miners are missing and 17 were injured after a coal mine accident in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Two Polish coal miners remained unaccounted for and at least 17 were injured when a tremor struck the Rydultowy coal mine deep underground on Thursday, officials said. An earthqu...
Jul 11, 2024
Relaxed secondary suite regulations coming to Sylvan Lake
Council for the Town of Sylvan Lake has recently taken steps to make it easier to develop secondary suites in the community.On July 8, council unanimously passed second and third readings of an amendm...
Jul 11, 2024
2024 Calgary Stampede Cowboys Rangeland Derby
Hot and exciting was the order of the day on night 6 at the 2024 Calgary Stampede Cowboys Rangeland Derby. The capacity crowds were brought to their feet as some of the best chuckwagon drivers in the ...
Jul 11, 2024
How many doctors are there in Canada? Government announces projects to find out
OTTAWA - The federal government has answered years-long calls from doctors and nurses to tally and research the number of health workers in Canada with a $47 million funding announcement. The money is...
Jul 11, 2024
Assembly of First Nations, Ottawa confirm $47.8-billion deal on child welfare reform
MONTREAL - The AFN's national chief confirmed today that the organization finalized a deal with Ottawa late Wednesday night to put $47.8 billion towards child-welfare reform. Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak g...
Jul 11, 2024
Israeli army acknowledges Oct. 7 failures. But it says tank strike on home did not kill Israelis
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military said Thursday that Israeli hostages held in a home struck by tank fire on Oct. 7 were likely killed by Hamas militants, not the Israeli shelling. The conclusions ...
Jul 11, 2024
B.C. should explore non-prescribed alternatives to fentanyl to combat crisis: Henry
VICTORIA - A report from B.C.'s provincial health officer recommends the province expand its "safer supply" program to prevent overdoses, including allowing access to alternatives to unregulated drugs...
Jul 11, 2024
Hockey Canada introduces new junior-level rules in western pilot project
CALGARY - Hockey Canada is trying out a series of changes in the western provinces in an attempt to streamline the development of junior players. That includes mandating that junior A players under th...
Jul 11, 2024
Height relaxation approved for mixed-use building coming to Lakeshore Drive in Sylvan Lake
Sylvan Lake's town council has unanimously approved a development permit for a mixed-use building to be located at 4515 Lakeshore Drive, which was seeking relaxations on a variety of the development r...
Jul 11, 2024
Alberta's auditor finds province's surface water management ineffective
Alberta's auditor general says the province's system for managing surface water is ineffective and not set up to deal with changing conditions.Doug Wylie says in a report that Alberta Environment and ...
Jul 11, 2024