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Alberta legislators hold marathon debate over workplace rules
EDMONTON -- They've talking around the clock at the Alberta legislature about a bill that would cut the minimum wage for young people and change overtime rules.Opposition members have been speaking on...
Jun 06, 2019 Alberta Legislature - LethbridgeNewsNOW.com
'Dr. John,' funky New Orleans 'night-tripper' musician, dies
NEW ORLEANS - Dr. John, the New Orleans musician who blended black and white musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, died Thursday, his family said. He was 77. In ...
Jun 06, 2019
Education of Nunavut high school students, adult learners found wanting: auditor
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is failing to prepare its high school and mature students for further education or for the working world, says a highly critical report from the federal auditor general...
Jun 06, 2019
Plant-based burger maker Beyond Meat beats forecasts in 1Q
Beyond Meat's shares soared after the plant-based meat company beat Wall Street's expectations in its first earnings report since its IPO in May. The El Segundo, California-based company lost $6.6 mil...
Jun 06, 2019
US and Mexico: More talks, no deal yet to avert tariffs
WASHINGTON - U.S. and Mexican officials laboured for a second day Thursday to avert import tariffs that President Donald Trump is threatening to impose as he tries to strong-arm Mexico into stemming t...
Jun 06, 2019
Extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou set for early next year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Supreme Court has accepted a plan by the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would see her extradition hearing begin Jan. 20, more than a year after she ...
Jun 06, 2019
Six Lethbridge College Kodiaks named CCAA Academic All-Canadians
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Six members of the Lethbridge College Kodiaks have been named Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Academic All-Canadians, demonstrating their ability to combine the highes...
Jun 06, 2019 Photo Credit: Lethbridge College Kodiaks
Canadian veterans prepare to return to Juno Beach for 75th anniversary of D-Day
OTTAWA - Albert Roy was a fresh-faced 20-year-old from St. Jean Baptiste, Man., when Canadian, American and British troops stormed ashore on D-Day to begin the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi c...
Jun 06, 2019
New charges laid against father in death of 7-year-old Quebec girl
GRANBY, Que. - New charges have been laid against the father of a seven-year-old Granby girl who died in late April after being found badly injured in the family home east of Montreal. The 3...
Jun 06, 2019
Agency watchdog slams conditions at ICE detention facilities
WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department's internal watchdog says rotting food, mouldy and dilapidated bathrooms and agency practices at immigration detention facilities may violate detainees' ri...
Jun 06, 2019