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Saskatchewan First Nation locks down after COVID cases spread from religious meetings
REGINA - A northern Saskatchewan First Nation has been locked down and its schools closed over concerns of COVID-19 transmission following a series of religious services where participants were unmask...
Oct 08, 2020
Toronto FC goalkeeper Alex Bono shows class and maturity after record win
It was hard to see if Alex Bono was smiling under his face mask this week after entering the Toronto FC record book with his 29th career shutout and 52nd victory. But his class was hard to miss. As wa...
Oct 08, 2020
Tensions rise as virus cases surge in Wisconsin, Dakotas
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A surge of coronavirus cases in Wisconsin and the Dakotas is forcing a scramble for hospital beds and raising political tensions, as the Upper Midwest and Plains emerge as one of t...
Oct 08, 2020
Mali: 2 hostages freed by extremists on plane to capital
BAMAKO, Mali - Malis's presidency confirmed Thursday that prominent Malian politician Soumaila Cisse and French aid worker Sophie Petronin are aboard a flight to the capital, Bamako, after being freed...
Oct 08, 2020
Kodiaks Basketball welcomes Lethbridge-born Karson Valgardson
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Karson Valgardson, whose parents are both members of the Kodiaks Hall of Fame, has committed to the Kodiaks men's basketball team.The addition of Valgardson comes after a successful se...
Oct 08, 2020
U of L named Canada's second-best primarily-undergraduate school
LETHBRIDGE, AB - When it comes to undergraduate studies, the University of Lethbridge is one of the best in the country.Macleans has released its annual rankings of universities in Canada with several...
Oct 08, 2020
MD of Taber to receive $13M for flood mitigation projects
EDMONTON, AB. -- The Municipal District of Taber is in line for nearly $13 million to improve the Horsefly Regional Emergency Spillway to protect the region against overland flooding.Officials say upg...
Oct 08, 2020
NHL teams, players primed for uncertain free-agency period amid pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a long list of unknowns and worries across society. Questions thought unimaginable just seven months ago - about health, jobs and the economy - are now being asked on...
Oct 08, 2020
Miller to discuss racism in health care with Indigenous leaders as COVID cases rise
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says he's convening a high-level meeting with Indigenous leaders to tackle systematic racism in health care as communities brace for the second wave o...
Oct 08, 2020
Prominent GOP fundraiser charged in covert lobbying effort
WASHINGTON - Elliott Broidy, a fundraiser for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, has been charged in an illicit lobbying campaign aimed at getting the Trump administration to drop an inv...
Oct 08, 2020