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White House confirms Canada asked for vaccine help, won't say if U.S. has agreed
WASHINGTON - Canada has indeed asked the United States for help in procuring doses of COVID-19 vaccines, but the White House refused to say Wednesday whether it has agreed to the request.Press secreta...
Mar 17, 2021

Toronto Blue Jays lose starter Thomas Hatch to injury against Yankees
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Toronto starter Thomas Hatch exited a pre-season game with right elbow/forearm discomfort and the Blue Jays lost 1-0 to the New York Yankees on Wednesday. The right-hander was pulled i...
Mar 17, 2021

Man found in Lethbridge alley with head injury pronounced deceased
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police are continuing to investigate a case from this past weekend but say the victim has succumbed to his injuries. At approximately 1:00 pm on Sunday, March 14, LPS was c...
Mar 17, 2021

Officers testify in Southern Alberta cocaine smuggling trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A lengthy trial for a man accused of smuggling cocaine across the Canada-U.S. border at Carway continues.Bradley Michael Gaudrault, 28, of Fort McMurray, was arrested on March 17, 201...
Mar 17, 2021

Police lay drug-related charges after traffic stop
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Lethbridge Police have charged a driver with drug-related and other offenses following a traffic stop on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.Around 3:30 am, LPS stopped a vehicle westbound on Whoo...
Mar 17, 2021

White House confirms Canada asked for vaccine help, won't say if U.S. has agreed
WASHINGTON - The White House is confirming that Canada has indeed asked the United States for help in procuring COVID-19 vaccine doses.Press Secretary Jen Psaki, however, would only say they are consi...
Mar 17, 2021

'Operation Varsity Blues' reenacts and reorients a scandal
NEW YORK - Chris Smith didn't initially think the 2019 college bribery scandal made for a good documentary subject. He was editing "Fyre," the hit Netflix documentary about the music-festival fiasco, ...
Mar 17, 2021

Fueled by fans, ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ hits HBO Max
Zack Snyder never really believed that his cut of "Justice League" would see the light of day. It has technically existed since January 2017, but it wasn't in any shape to be released. It was four hou...
Mar 17, 2021

Officials: Violent extremists pose 'elevated threat' to US
WASHINGTON - Violent extremists motivated by political grievances and racial biases pose an "elevated threat" to the U.S. homeland, officials said Wednesday in a declassified intelligence report relea...
Mar 17, 2021

Deadline approaching; Ottawa wants answer from Prairies on agriculture program
OTTAWA, ONT. - The federal government wants a yes or no from the three Prairie provinces on proposed upgrades to a program that protects producers against large declines in farming income.Federal Agri...
Mar 17, 2021