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City makes transit free to limit passenger-driver contact
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge says it is continuing to support what it believes is an "essential service."Due to the evolving COVID-19 situation locally, two new measures are being introduce...
Mar 23, 2020 Lethbridge Transit bus. (Lethbridge News Now)
PM announces new flights to Peru, Americas to repatriate stranded Canadians
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing multiple new flights to bring stranded Canadians home from abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Trudeau says that will include three new Air C...
Mar 23, 2020
Oregon star Sabrina Ionescu is AP women's player of the year
Sabrina Ionescu capped off a unprecedented college career by entering an exclusive club. Oregon's star guard was a unanimous choice Monday as The Associated Press women's basketball player of the year...
Mar 23, 2020
Federal government spending $192-million to produce COVID-19 vaccines
OTTAWA, ON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is planning to invest $192 million to help create and produce vaccines for COVID-19.The money will be distributed to a number of ...
Mar 23, 2020
Military says No link between military vehicle movement and COVID crisis: Armed Forces
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says there is no link between the movement of dozens of military trucks and armoured vehicles over the weekend and COVID-19. Video of the military vehicles being tra...
Mar 23, 2020
Merkel negative in 1st virus test; more to be done
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman says the German leader has tested negative for the new coronavirus. Spokesman Steffen Seibert told news agency dpa on Monday that "further tests will be c...
Mar 23, 2020
The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:42 a.m. ET on March 23, 2020: There are 1563 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Ontario: 503 confirmed ...
Mar 23, 2020
Lethbridge woman charged in liquor store robbery
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 28-year-old Lethbridge woman has been charged in connection with a robbery.Lethbridge Police say that on March 22, at around 8:15 p.m., the woman entered Friday's Liquor along the 2...
Mar 23, 2020 Lethbridge News Now file photo of an LPS cruiser
Ex-Scottish leader acquitted on all sex-crimes charges
A jury on Monday cleared former Scottish leader Alex Salmond of all sex-crimes charges he was facing in an Edinburgh court. Jurors had retired to consider their verdicts on Friday. Salmond, 65, denied...
Mar 23, 2020
Trump appears to waffle on shutdown as Congress pursues aid
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump suggested Monday he had qualms about extending the current 15-day suggested shutdown as his officials warned about the deepening coronavirus crisis and administrati...
Mar 23, 2020