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Security committee 'questions wisdom' of using Chinese technology
OTTAWA - The House of Commons' national-security committee "questions the wisdom" of using technology produced in China in the electronic devices and software Canadians use daily. The committee's ...
Jun 21, 2019
Lethbridge woman charged in connection with alleged assault on senior pleads not guilty
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 34-year-old woman charged in connection with an alleged attack on a senior citizen on the city's west side, has pleaded not guilty to the charges.Amber Yvonne Herdman has been charg...
Jun 21, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse (Lethbridge News Now)
Canada resettled more refugees than any other country in 2018, UN says
OTTAWA - As the number of displaced people worldwide reaches modern highs, new figures show Canada resettled more refugees last year than any other country and had the second-highest nu...
Jun 21, 2019
Boys & Girls Club in Lethbridge addresses opioid overdose-prevention deal
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Earlier this week, a three-year partnership was announced between Boys & Girls Clubs across Canada and Adapt Pharma Canada.The agreement will see 700 of the clubs receive supplies...
Jun 21, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Inuit sue federal government over medical experiments that included skin grafts
Five Inuit have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over medical experiments they say were performed on them. A statement of claim filed in Iqaluit, Nunavut, says the experiments inclu...
Jun 21, 2019
Wallet Stolen from Lethbridge Senior, Police Asking for Assistance
Lethbridge Police Service says a 78-year-old woman was walking to her vehicle in the parking lot of the south side Walmart on Thursday, June 13th when she was reportedly approached by two unknown men....
Jun 21, 2019 Surveillance photo of one of the theft suspects. (Supplied by Lethbridge Police Service)
Anaheim Ducks buy out contract of former MVP Corey Perry
The Anaheim Ducks have bought out the contract of former NHL MVP Corey Perry after 14 seasons with the franchise. The Ducks announced the move Wednesday, with general manager Bob Murray calling it "on...
Jun 21, 2019
Cyprus ex-President Dimitris Christofias dead at 72
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Dimitris Christofias, Cyprus' first communist president whose troubled tenure was marked by near financial ruin that necessitated an international rescue, uproar over a deadly Irania...
Jun 21, 2019
As Parliament rises, which bills made it through — and which ones didn't
OTTAWA - The House of Commons and Senate have risen for the summer, following several weeks of frenzied legislating as MPs hurried key pieces of legislation out the door ahead of an election this fall...
Jun 21, 2019
PBO sets budget baseline for campaign vows with tools, deficit projections
OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog is predicting years of deficits deeper than the government has laid out. The numbers are in a report the parliamentary budget office says sh...
Jun 21, 2019