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Death toll from flooding in Japan rises to 50, dozen missing
TOKYO - Japan's disaster management agency says the death toll from recent flooding has risen to 50 and at least a dozen others are still missing. Pounding rain since late Friday in Japan's southern r...
Jul 6, 2020
California Assembly delays session after virus outbreak
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A coronavirus outbreak in the California Legislature has indefinitely delayed the state Assembly's return to work from a scheduled summer recess, highlighting the rapid spread of ...
Jul 6, 2020
The Daily with LNN – July 6, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere - now available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Soundcloud.The Daily with LNN is a podcast-style news update, detailing some of th...
Jul 6, 2020
Buffet decision shows LNG projects on shaky political, economic ground: report
OTTAWA - Legendary investor Warren Buffett's decision to walk away from a proposed export terminal for liquefied natural gas in Quebec is being held up in a new report as a sign that the LNG sector in...
Jul 6, 2020
City of Lethbridge looking for suggestions on street design changes
LETHBRIDGE, AB- The city announced via Facebook the proposed street design changes to 13 Street N between 26 Avenue N and 16 Ave S, 16 Ave S between 13 Street S and Scenic Drive S, and 5th Ave N betwe...
Jul 6, 2020
Native American groups ask NFL to force Redskins name change
WASHINGTON - More than a dozen Native American leaders and organizations sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday calling for the league to force Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder ...
Jul 6, 2020
Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms contracts COVID-19
Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Monday that she had tested positive for COVID-19. "COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive," Bottoms, a potential ...
Jul 6, 2020
NHL/NHLPA announce tentative agreements on return-to-play protocol, new CBA
The NHL and NHL Players' Association have taken a massive step towards resuming the pandemic-hit 2019-20 season later this summer - and securing labour peace for the foreseeable future....
Jul 6, 2020
'Divine event:' Surgeon who helped man after hike operates on him days later
CALGARY - A Saskatchewan man who had a heart attack after a hike in the Rocky Mountains says it was divine intervention that the same cardiac surgeon who helped resuscitate him near the trai...
Jul 6, 2020
South Zone sees 16 new COVID cases over the weekend
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its report for COVID-19 for Monday, July 6.There were no COVID-19 updates over the weekend so the numbers in this story reflect caseloads over t...
Jul 6, 2020