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Hong Kong activists barred from Pride march after alleged pro-communist threats
MONTREAL - Activists supporting the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong say they were disinvited from marching in Montreal's Pride parade this month after supporters of China's com...
Aug 27, 2019
Majority of Alberta opioid overdoses related to fentanyl poisoning
EDMONTON -- A new report says more than 4,300 drug overdoses have been reversed with a 100-per-cent success rate through the province's supervised consumption sites.The report from the Alberta Communi...
Aug 27, 2019 Opioid refuse -- LLN
Jin Young Ko wins CP Women's Open, Canada's Brooke Henderson seven shots back
AURORA, Ont. - World No. 1 Jin Young Ko wasn't going to walk up to the 18th green without Brooke Henderson. The runaway winner of the CP Women's Open, Ko called for her groupmate to join her and the t...
Aug 27, 2019
Oklahoma opioid ruling could pressure pharma companies to settle in B.C.: expert
VANCOUVER - An expert in medicine and law says an Oklahoma court ruling that found Johnson & Johnson helped fuel the opioid crisis and ordered the company to pay US$572 million will indi...
Aug 27, 2019
Doctors disagree on cause of Ezekiel Stephan's death
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Dr. Anny Sauvigeau returned to the stand Tuesday to continue her testimony into the death of the 19-month-old in March of 2012.At the time, she was the Chief Medical Examiner with Alb...
Aug 27, 2019 David (right) and Collet (left) Stephan. (Lethbridge News Now)
Billboard company 'appalled' no one taking ownership of Bernier ads
OTTAWA - The owner of the billboards that featured ads promoting Maxime Bernier's stance on immigration says they would have stayed up had the third-party group that paid for them not left h...
Aug 27, 2019
Spanish playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo looks to return to Toronto FC starting lineup
TORONTO - A surprise omission from Toronto FC's starting lineup against Montreal, Alejandro Pozuelo is looking to reclaim his place as TFC's playmaker this weekend on the road in New England. "I ...
Aug 27, 2019
Lethbridge police charge two city men in relation to a bike 'chop shop'
LETHBRIDGE -- The discovery of a bike "chop shop" has resulted in charges against two city men. An ongoing investigation into bicycle thefts across Lethbridge lead police to seek a search warrant for ...
Aug 27, 2019 LPS Station -- LethbridgeNewsNOW
Raptors president Ujiri: Basketball has been a breath of fresh air in Somalia
TORONTO - Masai Ujiri could see it in the proud posture of the young female players. It was written in their wide smiles. The Toronto Raptors president was in Mogadishu last w...
Aug 27, 2019
Loughlin, husband appear in court amid spat over lawyers
BOSTON - Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, are in court to settle a dispute over their choice of lawyers in a sweeping college admissions bribery case. The cou...
Aug 27, 2019