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Running coach Dave Scott-Thomas banned for life by Athletics Canada
OTTAWA - Canadian running coach Dave Scott-Thomas has been given a lifetime ban from track and field by Athletics Canada. Scott-Thomas has been accused of inappropriate relationships with athlete...
Mar 25, 2020
Applications open for provincial emergency isolation support
EDMONTON, AB - Applications are now going through MyAlberta for those seeking emergency isolation support.The Government of Alberta recently announced $50 million in financial support for self-isolati...
Mar 25, 2020 The Alberta Legislature building in Edmonton (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)
Liberals rejig benefits for workers affected by COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government is repackaging two previously promised benefits for Canadians whose working lives are disrupted by COVID-19.Instead, the Liberals say there will now be one benefit to p...
Mar 25, 2020
Bach invokes Trump in defence of Olympic decision
GENEVA - A day after officially postponing the Tokyo Olympics, IOC president Thomas Bach invoked comments by President Donald Trump to defend himself from criticism on Wednesday. Bach spoke to about 4...
Mar 25, 2020
Major League Soccer extends team training moratorium during COVID-19 outbreak
TORONTO - The season suspended because of COVID-19, Major League Soccer has extended its team training moratorium through April 3. MLS training facilities remain closed with the exception of play...
Mar 25, 2020
Canadians who have lost their jobs anxiously awaiting federal help
TORONTO - Canadians who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19 and are struggling to make ends meet anxiously awaited promised federal help with the Senate set to take up an emergency $82-billion f...
Mar 25, 2020
Lethbridge duo charged after major drug and weapons bust
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two Lethbridge residents have been charged following a drug and weapons bust.Lethbridge Police say on March 24, members of the Crime Suppression Team (CST), the Priority Crimes Unit a...
Mar 25, 2020 Some of the items seized by police (Photo courtesy Lethbridge Police Service)
Tokyo's delayed Olympics: Who pays bills for another year?
TOKYO - With the Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021, now comes the multi-billion-dollar question: Who pays the bills for the delay, and how large will they be? The most likely answer is - primarily J...
Mar 25, 2020
Newfoundland woman arrested for refusing to self isolate after talking to police
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Police in western Newfoundland say a woman arrested for refusing to stay at home after she returned from a trip outside the province is expected to make a court ...
Mar 25, 2020
Putin delays constitutional vote allowing him to keep power
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed a nationwide vote on proposed constitutional amendments that include a change that would allow him to seek another term in power. Putin didn't s...
Mar 25, 2020