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Hurricanes kick off 2024-25 season with home game against Oil Kings
The Lethbridge Hurricanes are back in action this weekend to kick off the 2024-25 season.The Hurricanes are hosting the Edmonton Oil Kings at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena on Friday, September 20. The...
Sep 19, 2024
Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff's department whose officers tortured two Black men in a racist attack that included beat...
Sep 19, 2024
Off-season departures means opportunity knocks for young players at Jets camp
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have some huge holes to fill on both offence and defence this season. They lost second-line centre Sean Monahan and winger Tyler Toffoli to free agency and promising centr...
Sep 19, 2024
Funding secured for Lethbridge Polytechnic research into land reclamation
LETHBRIDGE, AB - An instructor and researcher at Lethbridge Polytechnic is gearing up to undertake a new multi-year research project.Dr. Adriana Morrell, Agriculture Sciences instructor and scientific...
Sep 19, 2024
Stamps, Riders face off in battle of teams desperate to make a playoff push
CALGARY - Even though the Calgary Stampeders haven't won a game in more than a month, they're still right in the thick of things in the CFL's West Division. When the Stampeders (4-8-1) host the Saskat...
Sep 19, 2024
Veteran linebacker Wynton McManis returns to Argos defence to face Ticats
TORONTO - Wynton McManis will get a second shot at the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The veteran linebacker returns Friday night when the Toronto Argonauts (7-6) host Hamilton (4-9). McManis missed six games w...
Sep 19, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Ottawa, Montreal next week
OTTAWA - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Canada next week after a planned trip in July was cancelled amid political turmoil in France. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in a statemen...
Sep 19, 2024
Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff's department whose officers tortured two Black men in a case that drew condemnation from...
Sep 19, 2024
Health Canada approves updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
Health Canada has authorized Novavax's updated COVID-19 vaccine that protects against currently circulating variants of the virus. The mRNA vaccine, called Nuvaxovid, has been reformulated to target t...
Sep 19, 2024
Cam Slomp named Pronghorn Alumni of the Year
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge (U of L) has chosen its Alumni of the Year for the Pronghorns.Cam Slomp received his BA in 1992 from the U of L, was a former Pronghorns men's basketball ...
Sep 19, 2024