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The Daily with LNN – October 15, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily with LNN is a podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been workin...
Oct 15, 2020

Marathon committee meetings as Liberals continue filibusters over WE documents
OTTAWA - Two House of Commons committee meetings dragged on for hours Thursday, with no end in sight, as Liberal MPs continued to filibuster opposition efforts to reopen their investigations into the ...
Oct 15, 2020

Northern Ontario would anoint reigning champs for nationals if qualifiers cancelled
Team anointment at the national championships is a distinct possibility for at least one member curling association as it considers options for an uncertain season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The No...
Oct 15, 2020

14 new COVID cases in Lethbridge, 20 throughout South Zone
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Thursday's report on COVID-19, detailing the numbers over the past 24 hours.244 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 21...
Oct 15, 2020

Rugby Canada invites 36 players to November men's camp in Langford, B.C.
Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones has named a 36-player squad for a three-week camp next month in Langford, B.C. Because of COVID-19 travel restrictions and quarantine requirements, only Canadian-base...
Oct 15, 2020

Toronto cops ID dead man as likely killer of Christine Jessop, 9, in 1984, via DNA
TORONTO - A man who died five years ago was the likely killer of a nine-year-old girl in a 1984 murder that sparked widespread revulsion and led to a notorious wrongful conviction, Toronto police said...
Oct 15, 2020

Kenney says political staff have taken 7% pay cut
AIRDRIE, Alta. - Premier Jason Kenney says his government's political staffers have taken a seven per cent pay cut and he's using that as a warning to the province's public-sector unions.A number of c...
Oct 15, 2020

QMJHL gets $12 million from Quebec government as it attempts to play during pandemic
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is promising $12 million in funding for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League during the COVID-19 pandemic, while another province with teams in the organization says ...
Oct 15, 2020

Kenney optimistic for Keystone XL should Biden win U.S. presidency
AIRDRIE, Alta. - Premier Jason Kenney says he is still hopeful about the future of the Keystone XL pipeline, even if the Democrats win the White House next month.Democratic candidate Joe Biden has pro...
Oct 15, 2020

12-year-old from Calgary makes "significant find" of Hadrosaur bones near Drumheller
DRUMHELLER, AB - A young aspiring Southern Alberta paleontologist found a set of dinosaur bones that could hold the key in understanding a period of prehistoric times.Nathan Nrushkin and his family fi...
Oct 15, 2020