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NHL teams getting ready for season-long sprint: ‘It’s going to be different’
The sprint to the NHL's 56-game finish line started in earnest Sunday. The seven teams that missed out on the league's summer restart to a 2019-20 season brought to a screeching halt in March by the C...
Jan 04, 2021
Canadians Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil won't play in season-opening event
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - Canadians Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil have pulled out of the season-opening Delray Beach Open. The ATP Tour 250 hard-court event opens Thursday. The Delray Beach tournament, w...
Jan 04, 2021
Former Impact midfielder Shamit Shome returns home, signs with FC Edmonton
EDMONTON - Canadian international midfielder Shamit Shome, who made 45 MLS appearances for the Montreal Impact, has signed with FC Edmonton of the Canadian Premier League. The 23-year-old is returning...
Jan 04, 2021
Airlines slam 'confusion' new COVID-19 testing rules create for carriers, passengers
OTTAWA - Airlines say a slew of questions remain about the federal government's decision to require passengers returning to Canada to show negative results on COVID-19 tests taken abroad. Transport Mi...
Jan 04, 2021
2020 Christmas Hope campaign provides holiday joy to 5,808 people across the region
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Christmas Hope campaign proved to be a great success over the 2020 holiday season.The initiative is a yearly collaboration between the Lethbridge Food Bank, Salvation Army, Lethbr...
Jan 04, 2021
Trump pressures Georgia elections chief: 'Find 11,780 votes'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pressured Georgia's Republican secretary of state to "find" enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state's presidential election, repeatedly citing disprov...
Jan 04, 2021
As COVID-19 cases surge, public health expert calls for stricter measures
Public health experts are raising alarm over surges in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across several provinces. Ontario and Quebec respectively are reporting 3,270 and 2,546 new cases of COVID-19...
Jan 04, 2021
Frustration grows as list of UCP MLAs who travelled over holidays grows
EDMONTON, AB - Christmas trees decorated with Hawaiian leis were placed outside the constituency office of Alberta's municipal affairs minister on Sunday amid anger over a growing list of government m...
Jan 04, 2021
Christmas tree collection starts Saturday, Jan. 9 in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Tree's a crowd and it is time to get rid of yours.The City of Lethbridge will hold its annual Christmas Tree Collection Program on Saturday, January 9.This year, Senator Buchanan Elem...
Jan 04, 2021
Chargers fire head coach Anthony Lynn after 4 seasons
COSTA MESA, Calif. - The Los Angeles Chargers have fired coach Anthony Lynn less than two seasons after he led the franchise to the AFC divisional round. Lynn is the fifth NFL coach fired this season,...
Jan 04, 2021