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Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020
In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres. Many of their names hold a prominent place...
Dec 07, 2020
Prime Minister says first COVID-19 vaccine doses arriving this month
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the first COVID-19 vaccine doses are on track to arrive this month, as tough new measures took effect in Prince Edward Island and Ontario hit a new daily case record...
Dec 07, 2020
Semi roll-over and fire north of Picture Butte
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Picture Butte Emergency crews were called out to a semi roll-over and fire around 11:00-am, Monday (Dec 7) morning.A semi unit wound up on it's side just north-east of Picture Butte...
Dec 07, 2020
Bob Woodward to take on final days of Trump's presidency
NEW YORK - Bob Woodward's next book finds him in the familiar world of documenting a presidency's ending. Woodward is teaming with Washington Post colleague Robert Costa on a book about the waning day...
Dec 07, 2020
Adin Steinsaltz, groundbreaking Talmud translator, dies
JERUSALEM - Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, a prolific Jewish scholar who spent 45 years compiling a monumental and ground-breaking translation of the Talmud, has died. He was 83. The Steinsaltz Ce...
Dec 07, 2020
Carmangay becomes net-zero thanks to new solar project
CARMANGAY, AB - Another small Southern Alberta town has embraced solar power and has achieved net-zero status for its municipal infrastructure.In partnership with the Municipal Climate Change Action C...
Dec 07, 2020
City of Lethbridge’s annual wellbeing survey now open
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is doing a check-up on the wellbeing of residents.The annual wellbeing survey is now open as part of the Community Wellbeing & Safety Strategy."We want to k...
Dec 07, 2020
UAE royal buys stake in controversial Israeli soccer club
JERUSALEM - Israel's Beitar Jerusalem soccer club, which has gained notoriety for its racist fans and refusal to have an Arab player on its roster, announced on Monday that a member of the Emirati rul...
Dec 07, 2020
Toronto FC midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo named Major League Soccer MVP
Toronto FC playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo is Major League Soccer's MVP for 2020.The 29-year-old attacking midfielder from Seville, Spain, was named Landon Donovan MLS MVP over Philadelphia goalkeeper And...
Dec 07, 2020
Liberals set to kick-start talks on new child-care system and funding, Hussen says
OTTAWA - Families Minister Ahmed Hussen says it will be mostly up to the provinces and territories how to spend hundreds of millions in new funding on their child-care workforce.The Liberals unveiled ...
Dec 07, 2020