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Lethbridge College students to design new city flag pole
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Students at Lethbridge College are getting set to raise the flag.A unique new partnership between the City of Lethbridge and the college will have students from the Engineering Design...
Sep 18, 2019 Perry Stein (left) and Bill Smienk making the announcement on the flag pole project at Lethbridge College on Sept. 18, 2019 (Lethbridge News Now)

CP NewsAlert: B.C. woman wins right to doctor-assisted death; lawsuit adjourned
VANCOUVER - A woman with a degenerative and chronic illness has been told she qualifies for a medically assisted death, causing the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association to adjourn a lawsu...
Sep 18, 2019

Man charged in Lethbridge after man's finger nearly severed in assault
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police were called to Chinook Regional Hospital at approximately 10:14 pm on Friday, September 13th on reports of an assault.According to the investigation, officers determ...
Sep 18, 2019 Lethbridge Police vehicle. (Lethbridge News Now)

People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier invited to two broadcast debates
OTTAWA - People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier secured an invitation Monday to two official leaders' debates in October. The Leaders' Debates Commission, formed by the federal government...
Sep 18, 2019

CFL rushing leader Andrew Harris returns to Winnipeg offence versus Alouettes
Andrew Harris returns to anchor the CFL's top-ranked ground attack this weekend. The CFL rushing leader will be back in the lineup Saturday when Winnipeg (9-3) visits the Montreal ...
Sep 18, 2019

Provincial Justice Minister listens to rural crime concerns
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Provincial Justice Minister and Solicitor General Doug Schweitzer made stops in Lethbridge, Coaldale and Fort Macleod Tuesday (Sept. 17), as part of his month-long provincial tour to ...
Sep 18, 2019 Provincial Justice Minister and Solicitor General Doug Schweitzer

Vaping-related illness confirmed in London, Ont., believed to be first in Canada
A youth from London, Ont., has been diagnosed with a severe respiratory illness related to vaping, local health officials said Wednesday. The Middlesex-London Health Unit had no further deta...
Sep 18, 2019

Premier Kenney touring U.S., pushing Alberta as "reliable" and "stable" place to invest
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Jason Kenney is in the United States this week, trying to make the case that wealthy investors and large corporations should be looking to the prairie province.He began his trip in Ne...
Sep 18, 2019 Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. (Supplied by Canadian Press)

Send pipeline fights right to Supreme Court: Scheer
HAMILTON - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he would overcome legal objections to building new petroleum pipelines by fast tracking any cases right to the Supreme Court. Scheer has long been cri...
Sep 18, 2019

Brian Mulroney officially opens university institute in N.S. that bears his name
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney officially opened an institute of government named after him at St. Francis Xavier University in central Nova Scotia on Wednesday. Can...
Sep 18, 2019