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Biggio hits for the cycle as Blue Jays beat Orioles 8-5
BALTIMORE - Rookie Cavan Biggio hit for the cycle, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-5 on Tuesday night. Biggio homered in the third, singled in the sixth, doubled in the eighth a...
Sep 17, 2019
Rocker Ric Ocasek, frontman of The Cars, dead at 75
NEW YORK - Ric Ocasek, The Cars frontman whose deadpan vocal delivery and lanky, sunglassed look defined a rock era with chart-topping hits like "Just What I Needed," was discovered dead Sunday aftern...
Sep 17, 2019
Toronto FC edge Colorado 3-2 to spoil Rapids coach Robin Fraser's homecoming
Toronto FC extended its unbeaten streak in all competition to nine games (5-0-4) Sunday with a 3-2 victory over a resilient Colorado side that is proving to be a tough out under former Toron...
Sep 17, 2019
Only on AP: Vape maker overhauls packaging to counter fakes
LOS ANGELES - A short walk from police headquarters in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, a cluster of bustling shops are openly selling packaging and hardware that can be used to produce counterfeit ...
Sep 17, 2019
Facebook to name first oversight panel members by year-end
BOSTON - Facebook said Tuesday that it expects to name the first members of a new quasi-independent oversight board by year-end. The oversight panel is intended to rule on thorny content issues, such ...
Sep 17, 2019
Trudeau campaigns in Atlantic Canada
MIDGELL, P.E.I. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau travelled Tuesday through Atlantic Canada, hoping to remind Atlantic Canadians why they handed him every seat in the regio...
Sep 17, 2019
N.S. senior whose birthday card request drew international response dies
SYDNEY, N.S. - A Nova Scotia widower who received thousands of birthday cards last year after his daughter asked people to mail him their best wishes for his 92nd birthday has died...
Sep 17, 2019
Whoop-Up construction set to finish October 31st
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Work on the Whoop-Up Drive bridge should wrap up in just over a month's time.Crews have been working since March on the Eastbound Whoop-Up Drive Bridge Girder Coating project in order...
Sep 17, 2019 Traffic on Whoop-Up Drive on Tuesday, September 17th. (Lethbridge News Now)
Lethbridge's economy performing well according to Conference Board of Canada Report
LETHBRIDGE, AB - While the overall provincial GDP (Gross Domestic Product) has stalled, the City of Lethbridge's economy continues to perform well, growing by 5.8 per cent in 2017 and 5.1 per cent in ...
Sep 17, 2019 Lethbridge City Picture
Greens call for stronger digital privacy protections
WATERLOO, Ont. - Intrusions into Canadians' digital privacy have become a crisis and it's time to stop companies from mining people's information for profit, the Green party leader said Tuesday a...
Sep 17, 2019