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The Daily with LNN – March 6, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily is LNN's podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been working on....
Mar 6, 2020 Lethbridge News Now
One more victory: Biden wins most Super Tuesday delegates
WASHINGTON - Former Vice-President Joe Biden has put an exclamation point on his Super Tuesday victories by winning the most delegates on the presidential primary calendar's biggest night. The Associa...
Mar 6, 2020
Plunging yields force investors and Fed to rethink strategy
WASHINGTON - The response in stock markets to the growing risk from the coronavirus has been swift and fierce. But a better gauge of fear on Wall Street may be the bond market, where the moves over th...
Mar 6, 2020
Second presumptive case of COVID-19 in Alberta, this time in Edmonton zone
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health say a second Albertan is believed to have contracted novel coronavirus.Dr. Deena Dinshaw reports that the man is in his 40's and lives in the E...
Mar 6, 2020
More than 16,000 natural resource jobs lost in Alberta over past 12 months
MEDICINE HAT, AB -- While there is some positive news coming out of the latest job statistics, how good that news is will be largely dependent on the category of occupation as the natural resource sec...
Mar 6, 2020 Alberta's labour market by sector. (Image courtesy of the Alberta government).
Canadian troops on alert as novel coronavirus outbreak spreads to Iraq
OTTAWA - Canadian troops in Iraq are on high alert as the novel coronavirus spreads inside the country. Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance said troops have been ordered to protec...
Mar 6, 2020
The politics of a potential pandemic: opposition MPs slam government secrecy
OTTAWA - Opposition critics say they have been left in the dark about the federal government's preparations for a potential outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Canada. On Wednesday morning, Prim...
Mar 6, 2020
Skiing finals, Italian cycling races cancelled due to virus
MILAN - The alpine skiing World Cup Finals and major Italian cycling races were among the latest sporting events to be cancelled on Friday because of the escalating virus outbreak. Also, an unnamed Sc...
Mar 6, 2020
Vancouver Whitecaps hope to set the tone early against LA Galaxy
VANCOUVER - Head coach Marc Dos Santos wants the Vancouver Whitecaps to show some early aggression when they play their first away match of the season against the LA Galaxy on Saturday. Dos Santos bel...
Mar 6, 2020
Coronavirus may force government to ditch balanced-budget plan; Alberta premier
EDMONTON, AB. -- Premier Jason Kenney says the novel cornonavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2023...
Mar 6, 2020 Premier Jason Kenney -- File photo, The Canadian Press