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The Weekly with LNN – Feb 19, 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB- The Weekly with LNN is a video recap of just some of the stories Lethbridge News Now has covered for the week of Feb 12 - 19, 2021.Summary of COVID stories, Alberta Business Grants, an...
Feb 19, 2021

325 new COVID cases in Alberta Friday, one death in Lethbridge
EDMONTON, AB. - Alberta Health Services has released its update on COVID-19 for Friday, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.325 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the t...
Feb 19, 2021

Zadorsky: No "moral victory" in Canada's women's soccer loss to U.S.
In the wake of Canada's 1-0 loss to the U.S. in the SheBelieves Cup on Thursday night, an American commentator suggested the Canadian post-game locker-room would be all smiles. Canada, the commentator...
Feb 19, 2021

Alberta Beef Producers launch "Daily" information platform
CALGARY, AB. -- The line-up of new services provided by Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) continues to grow. ABP stakeholder and Communication Lead, Katelyn Laverdure, explains that along with the arrival ...
Feb 19, 2021

Saskatchewan Roughriders ink former NFL quarterback Luke Falk, release Justice Hansen
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed American quarterback Luke Falk on Friday. The six-foot-four, 215-pound Falk spent two seasons in the NFL. He appeared in three games, two as a starter, for...
Feb 19, 2021

Kim and Kanye: Tales of an uber celeb marriage gone wrong
NEW YORK - Holograms and Twitter rants, roving gospel gatherings and billion-dollar business ventures. If there's one word that defines the lives of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West, it's BIG. As th...
Feb 19, 2021

Survivors say Pornhub's indifference to exploitive videos traumatized them
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is hearing from women who say they were traumatized when Pornhub refused to act on exploitive videos posted to its website. Three witnesses before the House of Commo...
Feb 19, 2021

Mars landing team 'awestruck' by photo of descending rover
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The world got its first close-up look at a Mars landing on Friday, as NASA released a stunning picture of its newest rover being lowered onto the dusty red surface. The photo wa...
Feb 19, 2021

Feds seek fourth extension to update assisted-dying law
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is seeking a fourth extension to the court-imposed deadline for expanding access to medical assistance in dying. Justice Minister David Lametti is asking the court to g...
Feb 19, 2021

Businesses that opened during pandemic lament lack of access to government aid
OTTAWA - The sounds of baseballs hitting bats and gloves are fewer these days at Robert Johnston's training centre in Toronto because of public health restrictions. Since last March, the federal gover...
Feb 19, 2021