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B.C. man takes stand at trial, denies killing daughters and attempting suicide
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver Island man testified Wednesday that he didn't kill his two daughters and denied he tried to take his own life on the day they died. Instead, Andrew Berry's&...
Aug 23, 2019
Bolsonaro prepares to send army to contain Amazon fires
PORTO VELHO, Brazil - Under increasing international pressure to contain fires sweeping parts of the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday he might send the military to battle the mas...
Aug 23, 2019
CP Women's Open like a family reunion for Tanguay and other Canadian golfers
AURORA, Ont. - The CP Women's Open is more like a family reunion than an LPGA Tour event for Anne-Catherine Tanguay. Tanguay, Brooke Henderson, Alena Sharp, Brittany Marchand and Jaclyn Lee have forge...
Aug 23, 2019
President Trump offers himself as 'the chosen one'
WASHINGTON - King of Israel? The second coming? The chosen one? President Donald Trump is known to have a healthy ego. But a string of comments Wednesday went to a higher level. First, Trump thanked c...
Aug 23, 2019
Electric vehicle chargers unveiled at ATB Centre
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Four Level-2 charging stations are now available at the Cor Van Raay YMCA on the west side.They can charge an electric vehicle in approximately four-to-six hours at a cost of $2/hour....
Aug 23, 2019 The four electric vehicle charging stations at the ATB Centre. (Supplied by City of Lethbridge)
Ottawa man charged in connection with assault on Lethbridge senior found fit to stand trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Ottawa resident Adam Hall Hobkirk-Onate, the 21-year-old man charged in connection with a brutal assault on a 75-year old Lethbridge senior back in May, has been fit to stand trial. A...
Aug 23, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
Ottawa said ready to pass law forcing CN to restore rusting Quebec Bridge
QUEBEC - The federal government says it is ready to pass a law forcing the Canadian National Railway to restore the historic Quebec Bridge. Three federal ministers announced today they have appointed ...
Aug 23, 2019
Military faces calls to train soldiers to identify neo-Nazis, hate-group members
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is facing calls to drop what experts say is a reactive approach to racism and hate in the ranks, and instead launch a concentrated, proactive effort campaign to...
Aug 23, 2019
Timing of Bank of Canada's next statement gives it potential to tinge election
OTTAWA - Canadians last heard the Bank of Canada's take on the economy in the early days of summer - and the timing of its next update has the potential to tinge pol...
Aug 23, 2019
Report: Lethbridge more well-suited for refugees in short term than Edmonton
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new study from the University of Alberta claims that, at least in the short term, Syrian refugees were more satisfied with settlement services and their community when they went to ...
Aug 23, 2019 Refugees arriving in Lethbridge in 2016 - Photo credit to Deidra Friesen