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Biden asks for more than $37 billion in Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $37 billion in emergency aid to Ukraine, a massive infusion of cash that could help support the nation as Russian forces s...
Nov 15, 2022

Lethbridge takes the title for best tasting water
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge now holds the title for best tasting water in the west. After competing in the 2022 American Water Works Association (AWWA) Western Canadian conference in Septe...
Nov 15, 2022

Trump Org.'s longtime CFO testifies at company's fraud trial
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's longtime finance chief took the witness stand Tuesday at the Trump Organization's criminal tax fraud trial, making his long-awaited turn as the star prosecution witness ...
Nov 15, 2022

Pilot project aims to make Lethbridge greener
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge could become a 'living city.'Environment Lethbridge has partnered with Green Communities Canada to become one of its five Living Cities Canada pilot projects.Kathleen Shepp...
Nov 15, 2022

McCarthy clears first step to House speaker, but grind ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican leader Kevin McCarthy cleared the first major step Tuesday toward becoming House speaker, winning majority support from colleagues on a secret ballot. He now faces a weeks...
Nov 15, 2022

Blue Bombers star quarterback Collaros headlines 2022 CFL all-star team
TORONTO - Zach Collaros of the Grey Cup-bound Winnipeg Blue Bombers headlines the CFL's 2022 all-star team. The 27-player all-star roster was released Tuesday by the CFL in advance of the league champ...
Nov 15, 2022

Auditor general finds aging icebreakers, aircraft hamper monitoring of Arctic waters
More than a decade of delay and inaction has left the ships, planes and satellites that Canada relies on to monitor its rapidly opening Arctic on track to be retired before they can be replaced, the a...
Nov 15, 2022

Trudeau deletes tweet that cited false information in denouncing the Iranian regime
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says it deleted a tweet that his account posted overnight denouncing the Iranian regime based on false information that had been circulating on social m...
Nov 15, 2022

Day one recap: City of Lethbridge budget deliberations
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Discussions are well underway for the City of Lethbridge 2023-2026 Operating Budget.Monday, November 14, 2022, was the first day of the week-long deliberation in council chambers.The ...
Nov 15, 2022

Judge overturns Georgia's ban on abortion after 6 weeks
ATLANTA (AP) - A judge overturned Georgia's ban on abortion starting around six weeks into a pregnancy, ruling Tuesday that it violated the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court precedent when it w...
Nov 15, 2022