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Jan. 6 panel votes for contempt charges against Mark Meadows
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection voted Monday to recommend contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows as lawmakers demand hi...
Dec 13, 2021
Trudeau's minority Liberal government easily survives first confidence test
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government has easily survived its first confidence test of the new parliamentary session with the help of the Bloc Qubcois and the NDP. A Conservative amend...
Dec 13, 2021
AUPE ratifies new deal with Alberta Government, increasing wages
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) has agreed to a new deal with Alberta's Government to help employees in the province.The AUPE represents about 95,000 workers in the pro...
Dec 13, 2021
288 COVID cases/day confirmed in Alberta this weekend
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Monday, covering statistics from the past three days.Note: Due to lower COVID-19 case counts in recent weeks, LNN will only...
Dec 13, 2021
Air Force discharges 27 for refusal to get COVID vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force has discharged 27 people for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, making them what officials believe are the first service members to be removed for disobeying the man...
Dec 13, 2021
La Liga sells Spanish broadcast rights for $5B+ for 5 years
MADRID (AP) - Spain's top soccer league has generated 4.95 billion euros ($5.6 billion) from the sale of subscription broadcast domestic rights for five seasons. La Liga has sold games for live broadc...
Dec 13, 2021
Curling bubble helped put sport back on track after being iced by pandemic
Veteran skip Brad Gushue admits he had a love-hate relationship with curling over the last year. The sport essentially shut down for most of 2020 due to the pandemic. It returned last winter with a mo...
Dec 13, 2021
Lethbridge man sentenced to 12.5 years in kidnapping case
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge man who was found guilty of multiple counts including kidnapping will spend eight more years in prison.Cory Ray Williams, 42, was sentenced Monday in Lethbridge Provincia...
Dec 13, 2021
Trudeau won't rule out federal intervention in challenge to Quebec secularism law
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's still not ruling out federal intervention in a legal challenge to Quebec's secularism law after an elementary school teacher was recently reassigned be...
Dec 13, 2021
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Canada's chief public health officer says Canada is expecting a potentially massive surge in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks, driven by the new Omicr...
Dec 13, 2021