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Federal government boosts loans for canola farmers amid tensions with China
OTTAWA -- The federal government is rolling out changes to a payment program for canola farmers to help those affected by China's decision to ban the Canadian product.Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude...
May 01, 2019 Canola field - LethbridgeNewsNOW
Banning hits to head would mean end of all hits in NHL, Bettman says
OTTAWA - The commissioner of the National Hockey League says it would be impossible to ban all hits to the head and maintain hockey as a physical game as it is today. Gary Bettman says larger pla...
May 01, 2019
Banning hits to head would mean end of all hits in NHL, Bettman says
OTTAWA - The commissioner of the National Hockey League says it would be impossible to ban all hits to the head and maintain hockey as a physical game as it is today. Gary Bettman says larger pla...
May 01, 2019
Canada's sport and science minister slams ruling on Caster Semenya
Canada's sport and science minister was critical of an international decision that will force female athletes with unusually high levels of testosterone to medicate themselves to compete. The Cou...
May 01, 2019
Mom, ex-boyfriend both testify for Crown in sex assault trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Day three of a sexual assault trial in Court of Queen's Bench in Lethbridge, involving a 75-year-old man and a now 19-year-old young woman, saw the woman's mother and ex-boyfriend tes...
May 01, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
'Hadestown' leads Tony Award nominations with 14 nods
NEW YORK - "Hadestown," singer-songwriter Anas Mitchell's Broadway debut, earned a leading 14 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, followed by the jukebox musical "Ain't Too Proud," built around songs by t...
May 01, 2019
ABC again the top network in report on Asian-Americans on TV
Major television networks are hitting far more lows than highs in tapping into Asian-American talent, according to a study released Wednesday by the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition. The advocac...
May 01, 2019
NRA's LaPierre fends off backlash, wins re-election as CEO
INDIANAPOLIS - The National Rifle Association, facing internal turmoil over its financial management, increasingly partisan tone, and legal threats from government regulators, beat back efforts to ove...
May 01, 2019
Canadian NCAA coach Paul Weir says Siakam's work ethic was evident early on
TORONTO - Pascal Siakam walked into Paul Weir's coaching office at New Mexico State one day and asked to borrow a book on basketball. It was a moment that spoke volumes about just how raw the scrawny ...
May 01, 2019
No bail for border militia group leader on weapons charge
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal magistrate judge ordered the leader of an armed group that detained asylum-seeking families near the U.S.-Mexico border to remain jailed Monday as he awaits trial on a fe...
May 01, 2019