CALGARY — A provincial agency says the public needs to steer clear of oil and gas infrastructure because entering the sites and touching any of the equipment is dangerous and could lead to criminal charges. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER)…
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‘This is huge’: Locust swarms destroy crops in East Africa
KATITIKA, KENYA — The hum of millions of locusts on the move is broken by the screams of farmers and the clanging of pots and pans. But their noise-making does little to stop the voracious insects from feasting on their…
Alberta Health Services issues boil water advisory in Oyen, Alta.
CALGARY — Health officials have advised all residents who live in the community of Oyen avoid using the water in their homes unless it has been properly boiled first. Alberta Health Services enacted the order as a precaution due to…
Volunteers and family members to conduct search for Marshal Iwaasa
CALGARY — A significant search effort has been gathered online to help find Marshal Iwaasa, a young man who was last seen in Lethbridge in November. Iwaasa, 26, was heading back to Calgary on November 17, 2019, when he did…
Lethbridge woman given house arrest after kidnapping her son
CALGARY — A woman who admitted to fleeing the country with her young son six years ago pleaded guilty in a Lethbridge courtroom Friday. The woman, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban, was accused of kidnapping her…
Canada prepares for the new coronavirus as the death toll in China keeps rising
TORONTO — As the new coronavirus claims more lives in China, health authorities in this country are trying to reassure Canadians that plans and procedures are in place to protect them. While no cases have yet been confirmed in Canada,…
Xi calls situation grave as China scrambles to contain virus
BEIJING — China’s leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak’s epicenter in central China to Hong Kong scrambled to stop the spread of an illness that has infected…
China’s president calls situation grave as China scrambles to contain virus
BEIJING — China’s leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak’s epicenter in central China to Hong Kong scrambled to stop the spread of an illness that has infected…
Virus-hit Wuhan bans cars, Hong Kong closes schools
BEIJING — The virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, already on lockdown, banned most vehicle use downtown and Hong Kong said it would close schools for two weeks as authorities scrambled Saturday to stop the spread of an illness that has…
Former Stampeder Norm Hill, one of the heroes of the 1948 Grey Cup game, passes away at 91
CALGARY — Norm Hill, one of the architects of the Calgary Stampeder’s victory in the 1948 Grey Cup game that forever changed the CFL, has passed away at the age of 91. Hill, a Winnipeg native, played for the Stamps…