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All avenues for peace in Venezuela must be explored, Freeland says
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will head to Cuba next week for talks with her counterpart there on the situation in Venezuela. Freeland made the announcement following a meeting w...
Aug 22, 2019
North Dakota court overturns life term in cut from womb case
FARGO, N.D. - A judge overstepped by giving a life prison sentence to a man whose girlfriend cut the baby from the womb of an unsuspecting neighbour, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled Thursday, ord...
Aug 22, 2019
Liberals dig up video of Scheer speaking against same-sex marriage
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are urging Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to attend the Ottawa Pride parade after circulating a video of him speaking out against same-sex marriage during a debate in ...
Aug 22, 2019
Local farmers, ag producers offer feedback on Bill 6 ahead of "repeal and replace" legislation
Local farmers, ag producers offer feedback on Bill 6 ahead of "repeal and replace" legislationLETHBRIDGE, AB - A hotel conference room in Lethbridge was packed Wednesday afternoon - with farmers from ...
Aug 22, 2019 Provincial Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen and Lethbridge East MLA Nathan Neudorf get feedback from area farmers
Joan Jett, Underwood to perform 'Sunday Night Football' open
Fred Gaudelli knew NBC would have to come up with something grand for this season's "Sunday Night Football" opener since the NFL is celebrating its 100th anniversary. It didn't take long for the show'...
Aug 22, 2019
Military hopes for post-Norman stability as new army commander installed
OTTAWA - Cannons boomed on Parliament Hill Tuesday as the military installed a new Canadian Army commander, hoping to march past years of instability in the most senior ranks ...
Aug 22, 2019
Grassy Narrows chief, NDP candidate urges Ottawa to talk turkey on mercury
OTTAWA - The chief of a northwestern Ontario reserve -and an NDP candidate in this fall's federal election - is calling on Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan to sit d...
Aug 22, 2019
Fear mounting that changes to drug pricing in Canada could stifle innovation
OTTAWA - Canadian patients and groups that advocate on their behalf are sounding the alarm about the federal government's recent changes to the way it regulates the cost of patented medicines. Toronto...
Aug 22, 2019
Two suspicious fires along 9 Avenue North under investigation
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police and fire crews in Lethbridge are investigating two suspicious house fires.According to a release from Lethbridge Police Service, the incidents occurred within a two-block radiu...
Aug 22, 2019 Two suspicious fires, including one along the 900 block of 9 Avenue North, are under investigation (Lethbridge News Now)
'We're going to act:' Military investigating reservist for hate group link
WINNIPEG - The commander of the Canadian Army says the military will take action if an investigation finds that a reserve member in Manitoba participated in a hate group. Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews, w...
Aug 22, 2019