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Albertans urged to be safe as possible on ATVs
RED DEER - Summer weather brings people out to explore the backcountry, and Alberta Health Services (AHS) reminds Albertans to make all-terrain vehicle (ATV) safety a priority this week and every week...
Jul 18, 2019
What if it was your brother? Why we can’t abandon supervised consumption sites
When Jason Luan, the UCP government's Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions announced a freeze on funding for supervised consumption sites, my heart stopped for a minute. As a social work...
Jul 18, 2019 (Lethbridge News Now)
Supreme Court won't hear WestJet appeal in harassment case
OTTAWA - WestJet Airlines has lost a legal bid to put an end to a proposed class-action harassment lawsuit. The Supreme Court of Canada refused today to hear WestJet's arguments&nb...
Jul 18, 2019
High court won't hear NDP expenses case over mailings, offices
OTTAWA - The federal NDP may have lost its final legal bid for judicial review of decisions by the House of Commons management body that left the party on the hook for as much as $2.7 millio...
Jul 18, 2019
New Brunswick judge to deliver verdict Friday in second Oland murder trial
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Just over eight years after multi-millionaire Richard Oland was bludgeoned to death in his Saint John office, his only son, Dennis, is about to find out whether he will be judged gu...
Jul 18, 2019
Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre's “Donate to Dunk”
RED DEER- Make a splash in your community by taking part in the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre's"Donate to Dunk" event at Westerner Days.Come on down to the fair grounds and take part in their ...
Jul 18, 2019
Toronto Raptors sign free-agent forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
TORONTO - Forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson signed with the Toronto Raptors on Thursday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, as per Raptors team policy. Hollis-Jefferson averaged 8.9 points,...
Jul 18, 2019
Jazz at the Lake returns to Sylvan Lake
SYLVAN LAKE- The 17th annual Jazz at the Lake festival takes place August 16-18.The town will host a variety of artists, the ever popular "Pubs & Clubs" event as well as the newly added "Party in ...
Jul 18, 2019
Woman who got postcard sent in 1993 tracks down sender
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois woman who recently got a 1993 postcard in her mailbox has tracked down the man who sent it to his children more than two decades ago. Kim Draper's story about the myste...
Jul 18, 2019
Medicine Hat Police Service seize record amount of Methamphetamine
MEDICINE HAT- A two-month investigation has resulted in the largest methamphetamine seizure in the history of Medicine Hat.On July 13, 2019, with the assistance of Medicine Hat Police Service, ALERT i...
Jul 18, 2019