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Feds, provinces reach deal on funding for reopening, Trudeau announces
OTTAWA - The federal, provincial and territorial governments have reached a deal on billions of dollars in transfers to continue reopening economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Jus...
Jul 16, 2020
Feds, provinces reach deal on funding for reopening from COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal, provincial and territorial governments have reached a deal on billions of dollars in transfers to continue reopening economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Jus...
Jul 16, 2020
Lethbridge police say notification of Phillips surveillance investigation was provided to justice minister
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Justice is confirming proper notification was provided in 2018 regarding the investigation of two Lethbridge police officers who were found to be involved in unauthorized surv...
Jul 16, 2020
Open Letter: Defunding Lethbridge supervised consumption service
Dear Honourable Minister and Associate Minister Shandro and Luan:Albertans for Ethical Drug Policy are disheartened and appalled by today's announcement to defund the supervised consumption service (S...
Jul 16, 2020
Trash talk part of soundtrack of competitive Raptors practices at Disney
Trash talk has become the soundtrack of Toronto Raptors practices at Walt Disney World. Four months after the NBA was forced to shut down due to COVID-19, the Raptors are making up for lost time with ...
Jul 16, 2020
Drayton Valley RCMP weekly report: July 9-16
July 98:17 am - Drayton Valley - 43 Street - Complainant reporting an assault which occurred the previous evening near the skate park. Male was walking near the skate park when a grey Ford F150 pulled...
Jul 16, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: B.C. sets another record with monthly overdose deaths
VANCOUVER - Another record for monthly overdose deaths related to illicit drugs has been set in British Columbia. The BC Coroners Service says 175 fatalities in June surpassed the previous high o...
Jul 16, 2020
Canadian hospitality workers fear long-term unemployment in the sector
VANCOUVER - The union representing 300,000 hospitality workers across the country says it fears staff laid off because of COVID-19 may not have a job when the pandemic is over. The Canadian direc...
Jul 16, 2020
Province pulling funding from Lethbridge's supervised consumption site
LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of the busiest Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS) in the world is losing its provincial government funding.The government of Alberta has halted funding to the Lethbridge SCS. The ...
Jul 16, 2020
Used to playing through aches and illness, NHLers know COVID-19 is different
Dave Tippett remembers keeping injuries from trainers on numerous occasions during his playing days. A cracked bone? Good to go. What about a sore shoulder? No problem. It's well-known NHLers bat...
Jul 16, 2020