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First loss in mixed-doubles curling, figure skating team sits fifth at Winter Games
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
MILAN — The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics officially get underway today with a multi-site opening ceremony spread across northern Italy. It will be an unusual opening ceremony, reflecting the most spread-out Olympics ever, with the main event in Milan and additional ceremonies and athlete parades in Predazzo, Livigno and Cortina d’Ampezzo. Moguls skier Mikaël Kingsbury, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show: Here’s some things to expect and what they mean
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — There are stages, and then there is the Super Bowl halftime show. On Sunday, fresh off his historic win at the Grammys for his love letter to Puerto Rico, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” Bad Bunny will once again surprise audiences with a performance that is gearing up to be a landmark ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for January, by Canadian city
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in January. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. Here are the jobless rates last month by city (numbers from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for January, by province
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in January. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.2 per cent (10.5) _ Prince Edward Island 7.6 per cent (7.1) _ Nova Scotia 6.9 per cent (6.4) _ New Brunswick 6.7 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National employment numbers for January from Statistics Canada, at a glance
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada’s January employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.8) Employment rate: 60.8 per cent (60.9) Participation rate: 65.0 per cent (65.4) Number unemployed: 1,457,500 (1,551,700) Number working: 21,121,200 (21,146,000) Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 12.8 per cent (13.3) Men (25 plus) ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s mixed doubles curling team beat 7-5 by Americans at Milan Cortina Olympics
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
MILAN — The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics officially get underway today with a multi-site opening ceremony spread across northern Italy. It will be an unusual opening ceremony, reflecting the most spread-out Olympics ever, with the main event in Milan and additional ceremonies and athlete parades in Predazzo, Livigno and Cortina d’Ampezzo. Moguls skier Mikaël Kingsbury, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unemployment rate drops to 6.5% in January despite 25,000 job losses: StatCan
By Canadian Press on February 6th, 2026
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the economy shed 25,000 jobs in the first month of the year but a drop in the number of people looking for work drove the unemployment rate down to 6.5 per cent. The agency says January’s job losses largely came from the private sector and part-time work, and were concentrated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hundreds show up to protest Widdowson’s presence at U of L, again
By Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2026
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald On Wednesday hundreds gathered at the University of Lethbridge atrium, to protest the presence of former Mount Royal University professor Francis Widdowson, who had previously been protested against in February 2023, also on a Wednesday afternoon. This time around members of Lethbridge Police were present working alongside Campus Safety to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Music and Speech Festival receives $15,000 scholarship donation
By Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2026
By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Festival, formally the Kiwanis Music Festival, received $15,000 to support a new Scholarship in the memory of Fran Rude. Rude put on 80 productions which included over 500 participants over the span of 55 years. Following Rude’s death about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kodiaks volleyball returns to home court, set to welcome Olds
By Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2026
Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Coming off a bye week, the Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiak volleyball teams are hoping to defend home court. Lethbridge will play host to the Olds College Broncos tonight and Saturday afternoon at the Val Matteotti Gymnasium. The Kodiaks had an idle weekend after traveling to Caronport, Sask. for a set with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The connection between separation threats and the American state of affairs
By Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2026
Editor, Dear Alberta and America, Another sleepless night, one more lonely adventure in contemplation. Searching for clarity through deep fog and challenging times. A couple of weeks ago Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a speech at Davos’ World Economic Forum. The speech has been heralded around the world as a chapter break in humanities anthology. ... Read More »
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