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'Watching very closely': Blood services watching for impact from COVID-19 second wave
CALGARY - Canadian Blood Services is closely watching the second wave of COVID-19 to make sure the national blood supply remains secure. The organization has not been able to accommodate as many donor...
Nov 25, 2020
'These spaces are lifelines:' Nunavut lockdown leaves some with nowhere to go
IQALUIT - Caribou stew simmers on a stove top while a staff member chops vegetables in an empty dining room, the sounds of his blade echoing off the walls as it hits the cutting board. This is t...
Nov 25, 2020
National child-care system would boost women's job numbers and economy, report says
OTTAWA - A new report estimates that hundreds of thousands of women could get back into the labour force if the Liberals follow through on a pledge to create a national child care system. The paper to...
Nov 25, 2020
Christmas traditions axed as pandemic sweeps rural Kansas
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. - It's barely a town anymore, battered by time on the windswept prairie of northwest Kansas. COVID-19 still managed for find Norcatur. Not much remains of the rural hamlet, save for...
Nov 24, 2020
EXPLAINER: China's claims of coronavirus on frozen foods
BEIJING - China says it has detected the coronavirus on packages of imported frozen food, but how valid are its claims and how serious is the threat to public health? Frozen shrimp imported from an Ec...
Nov 24, 2020
California OK'd aid in name of Scott Peterson, other killers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's system for paying unemployment benefits is so dysfunctional that the state approved more than $140 million for at least 20,000 prisoners, local and federal prosecutor...
Nov 24, 2020
Ex-Mexico treasury chief rejects 2nd set of accusations
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's former treasury and foreign relations secretary, Luis Videgaray, angrily denied accusations Tuesday by a lawyer for another former Cabinet secretary who claimed he used embezzle...
Nov 24, 2020
Lethbridge Public Schools take action on government restrictions
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Just hours after the Government of Alberta announced mandatory restrictions for schools will commence at month-end, Lethbridge Public Schools announced actions to follow through.Begin...
Nov 24, 2020
Despite reduction, Canada calls U.S. softwood lumber duties 'unfair,' 'unjustified'
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The federal government says American duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports continue to be "unfair" and "unjustified," even if they have been reduced. An administrative re...
Nov 24, 2020
The Daily with LNN – November 24, 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...
Nov 24, 2020