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Jagmeet Singh ignores surging Bloc as he courts union votes in Quebec
MONTREAL - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh painted his Liberal, Conservative, and Green rivals as unfriendly to to the labour movement on Wednesday, as he sought to shore up his party's traditional...
Oct 11, 2019

California adopts broadest US rules for seizing guns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will make the state the first to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders against ...
Oct 11, 2019

Slow harvests could be a mental health concern for some area farmers
ALBERTA -- A lot of rain this summer and now the snow has made for a stressful harvest season and it's bad news for farmers who rely on quality crops for income. Alberta Agriculture says harvest progr...
Oct 11, 2019 Harvesting behind schedule - causing stress

Syrian restaurant owners filing complaint about hate messages, Toronto cops say
TORONTO - A Toronto family who said it was forced to close their popular Syrian restaurant after receiving a series of hate messages and death threats has filed a complaint with ci...
Oct 11, 2019

AUMA votes to support two of four Lethbridge resolutions
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is batting .500 after two of its four resolutions were passed at the recent Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Convention in Edmonton (Sept.25-27).The AUM...
Oct 11, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall

Officials in Pincher Creek searching for clues after deer shot and abandoned
PINCHER CREEK, AB - Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement are looking for whoever is responsible for shooting an antlered mule deer and leaving it on the side of the road.It was found in the ditch off...
Oct 11, 2019 A photo of the deer found near Pincher Creek. (Supplied by Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement)

For 1st time, Biden declares Trump must be impeached
ROCHESTER, N.H. - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday for the first time that President Donald Trump must be impeached for abusing the powers of his office to help his own reele...
Oct 11, 2019

Nobel author Tokarczuk's hometown gives free rides for books
WARSAW, Poland - A Polish city is offering free public transport rides to bookworms - provided they're carrying works by the country's new Nobel literature prize laureate. City transport authorities i...
Oct 11, 2019

Thursday house fire in north Lethbridge likely caused by appliance or extension cord
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services has provided updates on their investigation to a major house fire.Investigator Marc Royer says they received a call from dispatch just before 3:...
Oct 11, 2019 House fire on Lettice Perry Road North as of Thursday morning. (Lethbridge News Now)

Unemployment rate down after country adds 54,000 jobs in September, StatCan says
OTTAWA - Canada's unemployment rate nudged down to a near four-decade low last month as the economy added more jobs than analysts expected - dropping an economic figure into a tight electoral race, an...
Oct 11, 2019