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Military concerned about Chinese access to networks as Huawei decision looms
OTTAWA - Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says he is worried about anything that would give China easier access to the Canadian military's computer networks, but says there are ways to manage any sec...
Mar 12, 2020
Exhibition Park postpones Home and Garden Trade show
LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE: Exhibition Park has postponed the upcoming Home and Garden Show. A new date has not yet been set."Based on recent information provided by the province of Alberta, requesting t...
Mar 12, 2020 Exhibition Park. (Lethbridge News Now)
March Madness: Conferences scrap tourneys; NCAAs in doubt
The NCAA has cancelled its men's and women's basketball tournaments because of the spread of coronavirus, putting an abrupt end to the season less than a month before champions were to be crowned. The...
Mar 12, 2020
Alberta courthouses preparing for disruptions as COVID-19 spreads
CALGARY - Alberta courthouses are preparing for disruptions with the number of COVID-19 cases expected to grow.The Court of Queen's Bench says members of the public should avoid attending court procee...
Mar 12, 2020 Lethbridge courthouse - LNN
CHL & WHL announce "pause" of all hockey activity
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) has made a major announcement regarding its three regional leagues, the Western Hockey League (WHL), Ontario Hockey League, and Quebec Major Junior Ho...
Mar 12, 2020 CHL logo.
Some of world's best ice dancers based in Montreal to skate in online show
Montreal ice dance coaches Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon are giving figure skating fans something to watch. A day after the 2020 world figure skating championships in Montreal were cancelle...
Mar 12, 2020
Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall cancel performances
NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Opera has cancelled performances and rehearsals through March 31 because of the coronavirus. The move was announced Thursday, one day after U.S. President Donald Trump anno...
Mar 12, 2020
Hollywood shuts down, Broadway goes dark to curb virus cases
NEW YORK - The entertainment industry prepared Thursday for an unprecedented shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, cancelling upcoming movies, suspending all Broadway performances and elimin...
Mar 12, 2020
Wet'suwet'en pipeline supporters feel shut out of talks, ministers told
OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers are facing pointed questions about why elected band chiefs and women of the Wet'suwet'en nation who support a disputed natural-gas pipeline in British...
Mar 12, 2020
Broadway shuts its doors over ongoing coronavirus concerns
New York's governor ordered all Broadway theatres to shut their doors in the face of ongoing coronavirus concerns, plunging into darkness one of the city's most popular tourist attractions and causing...
Mar 12, 2020