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Sundance adds Coogler-produced ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
The Ryan Coogler-produced Fred Hampton film "Judas and the Black Messiah" will have its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival before heading to HBO Max and theatres, programmers announced Tuesday. Da...
Jan 12, 2021
US prosecutors weighing sedition charges in Capitol riot
WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors are considering sedition charges against at least some of the Trump loyalists who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week and will be examining the movement and money flow ...
Jan 12, 2021
''Freedom Rally" held at City Hall
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- The "WethepeopleYQL" group in Lethbridge, which opposes COVID-19 restrictions and mandatory mask rules, held a rally Tuesday (Jan 12) afternoon, ignoring Government social distancin...
Jan 12, 2021
Win "Alberta Experience Packages" and support STARS in new fundraiser raffle
LETHBRIDGE, AB - "It started as a project to help STARS and it grew into this huge online raffle thanks to the support of the Alberta businesses and those in the Lethbridge area included in that, to a...
Jan 12, 2021
Michigan plans to charge ex-Gov. Snyder in Flint water probe
DETROIT - Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they're being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the m...
Jan 12, 2021
Supreme Court wrestles with Georgia college free speech case
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with whether to revive a lawsuit brought by a Georgia college student who sued school officials after being prevented from distributing Christian lit...
Jan 12, 2021
US shifts to speed COVID shots as cases and deaths rise
WASHINGTON - Barely a month into a mass vaccination campaign to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration unexpectedly shifted gears Tuesday to speed the delivery of shots. The move came af...
Jan 12, 2021
Stay-at-Home order issued in Ontario, in effect Thursday
TORONTO, ON - Ontario has issued a stay-at-home order amid surging COVID-19 cases.New modelling from the province shows its health-care system is on the verge of being overwhelmed. 25 per cent of the ...
Jan 12, 2021
Regulator investigating Canadian nurses who spoke at anti-lockdown rally in D.C.
TORONTO - Two Canadian nurses who spoke at an anti-lockdown rally in Washington, D.C., on the day of the deadly storming of the Capitol are under investigation by their regulatory body. One of them, w...
Jan 12, 2021
Lethbridge Airport traffic down 79% in 2020 but hope is on the horizon
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic have meant that airports across the world are hurting, the Lethbridge Airport included, but its manager still remains optimistic.In 20...
Jan 12, 2021