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Nurse, five Raptors assistants sidelined to due COVID-19 health and safety protocols
TAMPA, Fla. - Raptors head coach Nick Nurse and five members of his coaching staff have been sidelined due to COVD-19 health and safety protocols. The coaches will not be on the bench beginning with F...
Feb 26, 2021
US implicates Saudi crown prince in journalist's killing
WASHINGTON - Saudi Arabia's crown prince likely approved the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a newly declassified U.S. intelligenc...
Feb 26, 2021
Toronto Argonauts bring back linebacker Bear Woods on restructured deal
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts have agreed to a restructured contract with American linebacker Bear Woods. The 34-year-old Woods will play be playing his fourth season with the Argos after signing wi...
Feb 26, 2021
11-year sentence for smuggling 50 kg of meth at Coutts border
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Calgary man found guilty of trying to import 50 kilograms of meth across the Coutts border has learned his fate.In Lethbridge Provincial Court Friday, the judge sentenced Asif Mir, ...
Feb 26, 2021
U of L, Lethbridge College react to Budget 2021, cuts in funding
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta unveiled Budget 2021 on Thursday, and it doesn't necessarily bode well for Alberta's post-secondary institutions.The University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge ...
Feb 26, 2021
Desmond inquiry: psychiatrist says former soldier's suspicions were almost delusional
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - An inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed his family and himself in 2017 heard from a psychiatrist today who said there was an aspect of Lionel Desmond's life he cou...
Feb 26, 2021
Former YMCA building 98% recycled
LETHBRIDGE, AB- What was once the old YMCA building in Lethbridge, is now an empty field. As part of the city's environmental deconstruction program, a minimum waste diversion rate of 90 per cent was ...
Feb 26, 2021
Canadian athletes struggling to find competition as they try to qualify for Tokyo
In early January, when COVID-19 numbers were climbing again, and Ontario had just hunkered down in another stay-at-home order, Melissa Bishop-Nriagu, husband Osi and their daughter Corinne, moved from...
Feb 26, 2021
Budget 2021 reaction: Lethbridge mayor Chris Spearman & the AUMA
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Reaction continues to pour in on the Government of Alberta's 2021 Budget, which was unveiled on Thursday.READ MORE: 2021 Alberta budget revealed with "record" health spending, no new ...
Feb 26, 2021
Contaminant from coal mines already high in some Alberta rivers: unreported data
EDMONTON - Some Alberta rivers and streams have already been heavily contaminated by coal mining, unreported government data suggests.The province's plan for large-scale expansion of the industry is f...
Feb 26, 2021