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Trump administration plans 2nd execution in as many days
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Trump administration plans to continue its unprecedented series of post-election federal executions Friday by putting to death a Louisiana truck driver who severely abused his ...
Dec 11, 2020
Commons adjourns without resolving dispute over how it should resume in new year
OTTAWA - The House of Commons has adjourned for a six-week Christmas break without resolving a dispute over how it should resume in the new year. A motion that has allowed the Commons to sit in a hybr...
Dec 11, 2020
The Daily with LNN – December 11, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily with LNN is a podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been workin...
Dec 11, 2020
CSIS spies' use of geolocation data may have broken law: watchdog report
OTTAWA - A newly released watchdog report says Canada's spy agency may have broken the law by using peoples' digital geolocation data without a warrant. The report, tabled in Parliament late this afte...
Dec 11, 2020
Inter Pipeline announces $1 billion spending plan for 2021
CALGARY, AB. - Inter Pipeline Ltd. says it will shell out $1 billion in capital expenditures in 2021 as it pushes to finish its petrochemical plant.The Calgary-based company says it will spend $800 mi...
Dec 11, 2020
Nightmare on COVID street: Corona-headed party provocateur stars in new Alberta ads
EDMONTON - Alberta is rolling out ads showing a party animal with a head that looks like the novel coronavirus to warn of the dangers of COVID-19 this holiday season.The two-fisted eggnog-slurping vis...
Dec 11, 2020
Ship that sank 52 years ago off B.C.'s coast now polluting marine park
VANCOUVER - A cargo ship that sank off the west coast of Vancouver Island more than 50 years ago is now polluting the waters of a popular marine park. The Canadian Coast Guard says a fuel-like sheen w...
Dec 11, 2020
AHS confirms 1,738 new COVID cases, 18 deaths
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Friday's report on COVID-19, covering the statistics from the past 24 hours.1,738 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to ...
Dec 11, 2020
Feds asking court for third extension to deal with revamped assisted-dying regime
OTTAWA - For the third time, the federal government is asking a Quebec court for more time to revamp Canada's assisted-dying law. The request for an extension - to Feb. 26 - came Friday after the Cons...
Dec 11, 2020
NWT to get vaccine in early 2021; territory sees first cases of COVID-19 in weeks
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories says five new cases of COVID-19 have been found in Yellowknife, the first in the territory in two weeks.The government earlier this week asked anyone isolating ...
Dec 11, 2020