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AP Source: GM's offer to UAW would add lower-paying jobs
DETROIT - A General Motors offer to invest $7 billion in U.S. facilities includes $2 billion from joint ventures and suppliers for new plants that would pay workers less than the top union wage, a per...
Sep 19, 2019
From minstrel shows to campus firestorms, Canada's long history of blackface
Justin Trudeau's political fate hangs in the balance as a series of images of the Liberal leader wearing blackface and brownface have roiled the federal election campaign. The scandal has shocked many...
Sep 19, 2019
Not guilty: David and Collet Stephan acquitted of failing to provide the necessaries of life
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Cheers immediately erupted in a Lethbridge Courtroom Thursday, Sept. 19, where Justice Terry D. Clackson took less than five minutes to find David and Collet Stephan both not guilty o...
Sep 19, 2019 David Stephan hugs lawyer Ingrid Hess outside of the Lethbridge Courthouse Thursday -Photo: Lethbridge News Now
B.C. auditor says tighter expense rules, oversight needed at B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says tighter rules on expenses for top officers at the legislature are needed following allegations of spending abuses made by Speaker Darryl Pl...
Sep 19, 2019
'Hard-headed' Mike Reilly becomes CFL's last quarterback standing
SURREY, B.C. - Amid a disappointing season for the B.C. Lions, Mike Reilly is accomplishing a feat unrivalled by his colleagues across the league - he's staying healthy. Due to a spate of injurie...
Sep 19, 2019
UPDATE: Package in West Lethbridge no longer "suspicious"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE (4:45 pm): Lethbridge Police say the package left on the doorstep of a home along Silkstone Point is non-suspicious."As the package poses no risk, roads in the area are being r...
Sep 19, 2019 Lethbridge Police logo. (Lethbridge News Now)
How did Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's blackface stay secret for so long?
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says deep embarrassment, as well as ignorance, led him to keep his memories of having darkened his skin to dress up as racial minorities, more than onc...
Sep 19, 2019
Several arrests made after drugs, guns, and stolen property found in Taber
TABER, AB - Taber Police Service searched a home in the 4900 block of 57th Ave in the early morning hours of Thursday, September 19th.The warrant was obtained during an investigation into drug traffic...
Sep 19, 2019 Taber Police Service building. (Lethbridge News Now)
Swimmer Rivard weighs in on five-medal haul and overcoming breathing issue
A five-medal haul from the recent world para swimming championships left Canada's Aurelie Rivard with mixed emotions. Winning two gold, one silver and two bronze at the London Aquatics Centre&nbs...
Sep 19, 2019
Colt suspends production of AR-15 for civilian market
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - Gun-maker Colt is suspending its production of rifles for the civilian market including the popular AR-15, the company said Thursday in a shift it attributed to changes in consu...
Sep 19, 2019