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Lethbridge parents charged after infant allegedly assaulted
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has apprehended a pair of suspects after an infant was allegedly assaulted and sexually assaulted.On Wednesday, January 18, 2023, police were calle...
Jan 20, 2023
Health ministers making progress on funding talks, finding common ground: Duclos
The impasse over a new federal-provincial health-care deal has broken as both sides hone in on how to get better results from new spending, federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said Friday.At a ne...
Jan 20, 2023
Canucks coach Boudreau emotional amid rumours of coaching change
VANCOUVER - Rumours of an imminent change behind the Vancouver Canucks bench haven't escaped current head coach Bruce Boudreau. "I'd be a fool not to say that I don't know what's going on," Boudreau s...
Jan 20, 2023
Canada's largest Muslim Youth Group coming to Brooks
BROOKS, AB - Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association is hosting its Explore Islam program to 1,000 towns across Canada. This Saturday the event comes to Brooks Public Library. At the event, the Brooks comm...
Jan 20, 2023
Man accused in abduction of N.Y. couple over drug debt denies involvement
MONTREAL - A man on trial for the kidnapping of a couple from Upstate New York who were smuggled into Quebec in September 2020 testified today he was never inside their house and, in fact, never met t...
Jan 20, 2023
Police in India arrest third man in smuggling deaths of family in Canada
Police in India say a third man has been charged in the deaths of four members of a family who froze in southern Manitoba while trying to cross into the United States. They say the man allegedly helpe...
Jan 20, 2023
Smith's office mum on investigating whether staffer contacted Crown prosecutors
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says it would be wrong if a staffer contacted prosecutors about cases involving a U.S. border crossing blockade, but isn't saying whether it will inv...
Jan 20, 2023
Treasury to designate Wagner transnational criminal group
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Treasury Department will impose additional sanctions on the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, that has been aiding Russia's military in its ongoing invasio...
Jan 20, 2023
What’s happening in Lethbridge this weekend: January 20, 2023
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Watch out Southern Alberta, there's another jam-packed weekend of events coming your way. Lethbridge News Now has you covered for all things happening around town. Celebrating Everyth...
Jan 20, 2023
Review finds communication, staffing issues in ambulance response to fatal dog attack
CALGARY, AB - An independent review into why it took an ambulance 30 minutes to get to an 86-year-old Calgary woman who was attacked by three dogs says staff shortages and communication issues contrib...
Jan 20, 2023