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Mountain bike World Cup race in Quebec cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
QUEBEC - The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup event scheduled this summer in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que., has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fifth stop on the 2020 World Cup series was set...
May 05, 2020
Changes to 2020 property tax penalty dates approved by Lethbridge City Council
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge City Council wants to help property owners during the COVID-19 pandemic.Council has approved changes to 2020 property tax penalty dates.The city says this is to help reside...
May 05, 2020 A City of Lethbridge sign inside City Hall (Lethbridge News Now)
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Trudeau pledges $252M for COVID-19 aid to agriculture
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising a $252-million aid package for Canada's agriculture and food industries in the COVID-19 pandemic. He says $77 million of that will go to measures to...
May 05, 2020
City of Lethbridge temporarily laying off 30 more employees amid pandemic
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is reducing more of its workforce in light of COVID-19.The city stated that there will be a temporary reduction of an additional 30 employees in May. This bring...
May 05, 2020 File photo of Lethbridge City Hall (Lethbridge News Now)
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:12 a.m. Ontario is reporting 387 new cases of COVID-19 today, and 61 more deaths. That brings the provincial total to ...
May 05, 2020
Fiat Chrysler swings to loss as virus hits production, sales
MILAN - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on Tuesday reported a first-quarter net loss of 1.7 billion euros ($1.84 billion) due to a steep decline in car sales triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, and said ...
May 05, 2020
Family remembers Nova Scotia sailor killed in military helicopter crash
OTTAWA - The family of one of the six Armed Forces members killed in last week's helicopter crash off the coast of Greece is being remembered as a patriotic Canadian who died serving others. Sub-Lt. M...
May 05, 2020
Liberal MP Jim Carr to receive stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer
OTTAWA - Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Jim Carr is returning to hospital for a stem-cell transplant. He says the treatment for his blood cancer had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pande...
May 05, 2020
Four face drug-related charges in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Four people have been charged after a drug seizure by Lethbridge Police's Crime Suppression Team (CST).LPS stated that in late April, the CST started an investigation into drug traffi...
May 05, 2020 File photo of the Lethbridge Police Service station (Lethbridge News Now)
Play ball: Korean baseball league begins in empty stadiums
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The new baseball season began in South Korea on Tuesday with the crack of the bat and the sound of the ball smacking into the catcher's mitt echoing around empty stadiums. ...
May 05, 2020