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Agriculture sector scrambling to offset consequences of COVID-19 crisis
CALGARY - Canada's agriculture sector is warning of higher prices and potential food shortages if it it isn't designated an essential service and allowed to do business as usual during the COVID-...
Mar 26, 2020
What you need to know about the Quarantine Act as isolation becomes mandatory for returning travellers
Canada is making unprecedented use of the federal Quarantine Act in a bid to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The order, which went into effect early Wednesday, hours before it was announced,...
Mar 25, 2020
Loughlin, Giannulli: College bribery charges must be tossed
BOSTON - "Full House" Actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and other prominent parents urged a judge Wednesday to dismiss charges against them in the college admissi...
Mar 25, 2020
The Daily with LNN – March 25, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily is LNN's podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been working on....
Mar 25, 2020 Lethbridge News Now
CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie looking to keep Canadian football fans informed
TORONTO - Randy Ambrosie hasn't forgotten about CFL fans during the COVID-19 pandemic. The league's commissioner will hold a video town hall question-and-answer session with football su...
Mar 25, 2020
Public Health orders to be enforced by law, as many not "getting the message"
EDMONTON, AB. -- Premier Jason Kenney has announced further measures to contain the spread of COVID-19.While the majority of Albertans have been responsible and civic-minded in responding the pandemic...
Mar 25, 2020 Alberta Legislature - LNN
61 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta in one day, two more in South Zone
LETHBRIDGE, AB - "Now is not the time to visit grandparents for dinner. Now is not the time to host or attend a potluck dinner with friends. Now is not the time to plan for a family reunion. This is t...
Mar 25, 2020 Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw. (Government of Alberta)
Family: US believes ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson has died
WASHINGTON - The family of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson said Wednesday that U.S. government officials have concluded that he has died while in the custody of Iran. The family said in a statement ...
Mar 25, 2020
With a crash and a bang, B.C. residents applaud health-care workers
VANCOUVER - At the same time each night, Rev. Gary Paterson and about half a dozen other neighbours have begun gathering at least two metres apart on the rooftop patio of their building in Vancouver's...
Mar 25, 2020
CBC says it's working to restore the local TV news it shelved last week
TORONTO - The CBC says it's gradually restoring the local supper-hour TV news it recently shelved. Last week, the public broadcaster drew criticism when it announced it was temporarily scrap...
Mar 25, 2020