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Babies frequently exposed to cleaning products at higher risk of asthma: study
VANCOUVER - New research suggests frequent exposure to common household cleaning products can increase a child's risk of developing asthma. The CHILD Cohort Study found young infants living ...
Feb 18, 2020
No new coronavirus cases under investigation in Ontario
TORONTO - Ontario now has no novel coronavirus cases under investigation. A daily update from the provincial government shows that 421 people have been tested in the province over the past several wee...
Feb 18, 2020
Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign free-agent linebacker Micah Awe to deal
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed American linebacker Micah Awe to a two-year contract Monday. The six-foot, 225-pound Awe had been on the free-agent market since Tuesday. Awe had 44 ta...
Feb 18, 2020
New natural gas pipeline being proposed for north of Medicine Hat
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - A new natural gas pipeline is being proposed to be built north of Medicine Hat by TC Energy with an estimated potential of generating 500 jobs.TC Energy (formerly known as TransCa...
Feb 18, 2020 Image of the Medicine Hat Looping project being proposed by TC Energy. (Image courtesy of TC Energy)
Trump pardons ex-San Francisco 49ers owner DeBartolo Jr.
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has pardoned Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal. DeBartolo Jr., who built the San Francisco 49ers' 198...
Feb 18, 2020
New dinosaur unearthed in Alberta a significant find for the field of paleontology
DRUMHELLER, AB - The 'reaper of death' has been discovered in Alberta.That's what a new dinosaur found near the hamlet of Hays, the Thanatotheristes degrootorum, is being called.Lethbridge News Now sp...
Feb 18, 2020 An illustration of the Thanatotheristes (Photo credit: Julius Csotonyi)
Peace Country athletes claim gold at 2020 Alberta Winter Games
Zone 8 is bringing home a total of 21 medals from the 2020 Alberta Winter Games, which wrapped up on Family Day Monday in Airdrie.The zone, which represented the majority of Peace Region athletes, cla...
Feb 18, 2020 Grande Prairie's Aiden Armstrong claimed two gold medals, along with a bronze at the games this past weekend (Photo: 2020 Alberta Winter Games / Chad Goddard / Chad Goddard Photography)
US sanctions Russian oil company for role in Venezuela
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on the trading unit of Russian state-controlled oil company Rosneft for helping Venezuela skirt an embargo on oil from the South American co...
Feb 18, 2020
Elections Canada reports no serious cyberthreats to last fall's federal election
OTTAWA - Chief electoral officer Stephane Perrault says there were no cybersecurity incidents of significance during last fall's federal election campaign. In a preliminary report to Parliament a...
Feb 18, 2020
Aging Shiite cleric a powerhouse in Iraq. What comes after?
NAJAF, Iraq - When Iraq's top Shiite cleric underwent surgery for a fractured bone last month, it sent shivers around the country and beyond. "May God heal Iraq," read a photo of Grand Ayatollah Ali a...
Feb 18, 2020