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Women's soccer claim of unequal pay tossed, can argue travel
A federal judge threw out the unequal pay claim by players on the U.S. women's national soccer team but allowed their allegation of discriminatory travel accommodations and medical support services to...
May 01, 2020
Union trying to stop Alberta meat plant with COVID-19 outbreak from reopening
CALGARY - A union is trying to halt the planned reopening of an Alberta beef-packing plant that has been the site of a major COVID-19 outbreak. There have been 921 cases of the virus at th...
May 01, 2020
The Daily with LNN – May 1, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily is LNN's podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been working on....
May 01, 2020 Lethbridge News Now
Not mandatory: Alberta launches COVID-19 mobile contact-tracing app
EDMONTON - Alberta is launching a voluntary mobile app to expand contact tracing for COVID-19 to help reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. It's believed to be the first of its kind in Nort...
May 01, 2020
Thierry Henry notes positive changes in his return to MLS
There's been a shift in Major League Soccer in the relatively short time since Thierry Henry was a player. The former Arsenal star, now the new coach of the Montreal Impact, played for the New York Re...
May 01, 2020
Whitecaps raise funds for Vancouver Food Bank via sale of Carson Ting print
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have expanded their fundraising efforts during the pandemic to include the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. The MLS team has partnered with local artist Carson Ting who...
May 01, 2020
Union challenges Cargill's decision to reopen High River plant
CALGARY, AB -- The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union, is not happy with the High River processing plant decision to resume operations on Monday, May 4. As of Tuesday, April 28, there wer...
May 01, 2020 Cargill plant in High River -- The Canadian Press
South Zone COVID-19 infections surpass 1,000, four new cases in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - More than 1,000 people in the South Health Zone have tested positive for COVID-19.That is from the provincial government's latest update on the virus as of Friday, May 1.Across Albert...
May 01, 2020 Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw. (Government of Alberta)
Province launches contact tracing app, ‘ABTraceTogether’
EDMONTON, AB - The province has announced new software that should help lessen the number of communally-transmitted COVID-19 cases.It's called ABTraceTogether and is a free app citizens can download t...
May 01, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)
Lethbridge Mayor and Emergency Management Director update revised plans regarding COVID-19
LETHBRIDGE, AB. - Mayor Chris Spearman and Lethbridge Director of Emergency Management Greg Adair addressed the latest announcement from the Alberta government and AHS.On April 30th, Jason Kenney and ...
May 01, 2020 City Hall -- LNN