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Feds order supplies to give two doses of COVID-19 vaccine when its ready
OTTAWA - The federal government is ordering more than 75 million syringes, alcohol swabs and bandages so it can inoculate Canadians as soon as a COVID-19 vaccine is ready. Procurement Minister An...
Jul 18, 2020
While ASIRT investigates illegal surveillance in Lethbridge, government works to expedite Police Act review
An independent investigation has been launched into the two Lethbridge police officers who had illegally surveilled the NDP Environment Minister in 2017.During a disciplinary hearing in June, both Sgt...
Jul 18, 2020
John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80
ATLANTA - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebr...
Jul 17, 2020
Boucher says he can feel the benefits of his newfound strength at practice
The knock against Chris Boucher has always been his slight stature. With long Inspector Gadget limbs on his six-foot-eight frame, the Toronto Raptors forward has always the ability to s...
Jul 17, 2020
Rabbi: Cannon 'genuinely concerned' after apology, meeting
A prominent rabbi who met with Nick Cannon says the television host and producer is "genuinely concerned about the hurt" he caused by making anti-Semitic remarks, and they intend to work together to r...
Jul 17, 2020
Arrest warrant issued for Hinton man in connection to June 21 B&E
Hinton RCMP are searching for one of two men charged this week in relation to an incident on June 21.It was about 4 a.m. that morning when Mounties responded to a call of a break and enter at The Bric...
Jul 17, 2020
Alberta man charged for allegedly stealing identities to get hundreds of tax returns
CALGARY, AB - A man from Calgary faces numerous charges after allegedly committing wide-scale fraud.According to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Chun Zhu started gathering personal information from i...
Jul 17, 2020
David Thompson Highway from Sylvan Lake to Rocky Mountain House to be expanded
The David Thompson Highway is getting a makeover.Premier Jason Kenney was in Sylvan Lake Friday morning to announce a project to twin and divide 66 kilometres of Highway 11 from Sylvan Lake to Rocky M...
Jul 17, 2020
NYC cleared to reopen zoos, play ball; museums stay shut
New York City was cleared Friday to take the next step in its reopening next week, allowing movie and TV crews to film, zoos to welcome reduced crowds, professional sports teams to play to empty seats...
Jul 17, 2020
Cled and Vivien Lewis to hold moving out sale in support on EMS Foundation
A long-time Grande Prairie doctor is set to move across the pond, but will first be leaving the Regional EMS Foundation with one last gift.Dr. Cled Lewis and his wife Vivien are set to move to the Uni...
Jul 17, 2020