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Pandemic allowing Lions running back Moore to devote time to painting
TORONTO - Wayne Moore has had no trouble staying busy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The uncertainty surrounding the 2020 CFL season has allowed the B.C. Lions running back to devote more time to ...
Jul 09, 2020
Police chiefs call for decriminalization of personal drug use
OTTAWA - Canada's police chiefs are calling for decriminalization of personal possession of illicit drugs as the best way to battle substance abuse and addiction. The Canadian Associati...
Jul 09, 2020
Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was returned to federal prison, weeks after his early release to serve the remainder of his sentence at home becaus...
Jul 09, 2020
U of L receives nearly $4 million in NSERC grants toward research
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Multiple University of Lethbridge researchers are recipients of close to $4 million in new grants. The grants are being paid out over multiple years through the Natural Sciences and En...
Jul 09, 2020
Province announces $20-million to upgrade U of L's heating and cooling systems
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has announced a significant investment into the University of Lethbridge (U of L).The district heating and cooling center is located in the University Hall b...
Jul 09, 2020
G3 Terminal opens on Canada’s West Coast and transforms Canada’s grain supply chain
WINNIPEG, MAN. -- Grain company G-3 Canada has opened a commercial state-of-the-art grain export terminal at the Port of Vancouver. According to the Winnipeg-based firm, the construction of the new fa...
Jul 09, 2020
Canada's response on tariffs won't be restricted by terms of USMCA: negotiator
WASHINGTON - Canada's chief trade negotiator says the new North American trade deal won't limit the federal government's options if it is forced to retaliate against U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum...
Jul 09, 2020
Police: Mother admits to starving daughter, dumping body
SILVER SPRING, Md. - A Maryland woman accused of starving her 15-month-old daughter for more than three weeks has been charged with first-degree murder in the toddler's death, police said Thursday. Ki...
Jul 09, 2020
Country musician Charlie Daniels honoured at memorial service
MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. - Country Music Hall of Fame musician Charlie Daniels received military honours at a memorial service in Tennessee on Wednesday night. The country music icon, who penned the hit "T...
Jul 09, 2020
Authorities: 1 dead after tornado hits western Minnesota
DALTON, Minn. - Severe storms that swept through parts of the Midwest produced at least one powerful tornado that damaged farms and killed one person and injured two others in western Minnesota, autho...
Jul 09, 2020