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Ignorance driving racism against First Nations after blockades: minister
OTTAWA - The federal cabinet minister for diversity, inclusion and youth says racism targeted at Indigenous people in the wake of national anti-pipeline protests is "horrible." Bardish Chagger sa...
Mar 04, 2020

Suspect accused of killing 13-year-old Quebec girl appears in court
ST-JEROME, Que. - The suspect charged with first-degree murder in the violent death of a 13-year-old Quebec girl appeared in court briefly Wednesday, his feet and hands shackl...
Mar 04, 2020

Gushue, Newfoundland and Labrador defeat PEI, clinch championship round spot
KINGSTON, Ont. - Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue has clinched a spot in the championship round of the Tim Hortons Brier. Gushue's team scored five in the eighth end en route to an 11...
Mar 04, 2020

Italian sport to take place without fans until April 3
MILAN - All sporting events in Italy will take place without fans present for at least the next month due to the virus outbreak in the country, the Italian government announced on Wednesday. That will...
Mar 04, 2020

Winter Light Festival brings in nearly 17,000 visitors to Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The annual Winter Light Festival was a huge success.The event at Lethbridge's Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden brought in 16,654 visitors. That's an increase in attendance of 16 percent ove...
Mar 04, 2020 Display at the 2019-2020 Winter Light Festival (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)

Change at Chinook Regional Hospital to allow for more complex surgeries
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has announced $100-million in funding to upgrade hospitals.The bulk of the funding will go towards hospitals in Calgary and Edmonton, but some of the money w...
Mar 04, 2020 Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Crowsnest Pass spending $74K to market sale of empty plot of land
BLAIRMORE, AB - The Mayor of the Crowsnest Pass believes it is not only the ideal place to open a business in the community, but the sale would make the town a lot of money in the long run.At this wee...
Mar 04, 2020 The property is located just south of A&B Liquor Store. (Google Maps)

Doctors try 1st CRISPR editing in the body for blindness
Scientists say they have used the gene editing tool CRISPR inside someone's body for the first time, a new frontier for efforts to operate on DNA, the chemical code of life, to treat diseases. A patie...
Mar 04, 2020

Despite deaths, so far no shutdown orders in Seattle area
SEATTLE - As the coronavirus spread through Asia officials closed the schools in China, Japan and Hong Kong but at the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States, officials in Washington have so f...
Mar 04, 2020

Supreme Court divided in 1st big abortion case of Trump era
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court appeared divided in its first major abortion case of the Trump era, leaving Chief Justice John Roberts as the likely deciding vote. Roberts did not say enough to tip his...
Mar 04, 2020