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AP source: Ex-Dallas police chief to lead Chicago police
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday will name former Dallas Police Chief David Brown to lead the police force in the nation's third largest city, a city official told The Associated Press. Lightf...
Apr 02, 2020

Passengers on COVID-19-stricken cruise ships hope to be on land again soon
Passengers stranded aboard two COVID-19-stricken cruise ships said they're finally hopeful their ordeal is nearing its end as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged Thursday to ensure the Can...
Apr 02, 2020

Parking at Alberta hospitals made temporarily free
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Starting Friday, April 3, there will be no fee for healthcare workers or the general public to park at Alberta Health Services (AHS) facilities.Many health-care workers and physicians...
Apr 02, 2020 Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Judge won't delay Wisconsin election but extends voting
MADISON, Wis. - A federal judge on Thursday declined to postpone Wisconsin's presidential primary over the health threat from the new coronavirus, but he ordered that people be given an extra six days...
Apr 02, 2020

Hockey players in the minors face uncertainty, job fears
Tim Harrison made the long drive from South Carolina to his home just south of Boston with a lot on his mind. The ECHL season had just been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the 26-ye...
Apr 02, 2020

Alberta Summer Games in Lethbridge postponed to 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Another major sporting event has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Lethbridge 2020 Alberta Summer Games Society has elected to postpone the games until the summer of 2021....
Apr 02, 2020 Lethbridge Alberta Summer Games 2020 logo

Appeal court nixes fresh lobby probe of Aga Khan in Trudeau vacation case
OTTAWA - An appeal court says there's no need for the lobbying commissioner to take another look at whether the Aga Khan broke the rules by giving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&nbs...
Apr 02, 2020

The race to trace the spread of COVID-19 in Canada using disease trackers
TORONTO - Increasingly frustrated health officials say they are prepared to take more aggressive measures to track and contain people with COVID-19 as the number of sick and dead continues to soar. An...
Apr 02, 2020

Ontario to release COVID-19 modelling; Ford says numbers will be hard to hear
TORONTO - Ontario will release data Friday showing how many Ontarians could die from COVID-19 in various scenarios, Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday, warning that the projections will be hard to h...
Apr 02, 2020

Glendon man charged in murder of Nobleford man and a man from Bonnyville
GLENDON, AB. -- There has been an arrest and charges in relation to the death of 39-year old Jacob Sansom of Nobleford, and his uncle, 57-year old Maurice Cardinal of Bonnyville, Alta. It is alleged t...
Apr 02, 2020 Jacob Sansom - Nobleford Emergency Services