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Reconciliation Week in Lethbridge promoting Indigenous languages September 15-20
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Oki to Lethbridge News Now!Oki, pronounced OH-KEE, is the Blackfoot word for "greetings" or "welcome", explains the City of Lethbridge's Indigenous Relations Advisor Perry Stein.Stein...
Sep 10, 2019 The Reconciliation Walk from Reconciliation Week in 2017. (Lethbridge News Now)
Amnesty 'deeply concerned' about Alberta's plans to fight oil industry foes
CALGARY - Amnesty International says it's "deeply concerned" about the Alberta government's plans to fight back against oil and gas industry critics. Alex Neve, secretary general of the human rights g...
Sep 10, 2019
Gasol didn't think twice about suiting up for Spain soon after Raptors season
SHANGHAI - Marc Gasol remembers the day the coveted invitation to join Spain's storied national basketball program arrived in the mail. He was maybe 14 or 15 years old at the time. "(Me and ...
Sep 10, 2019
Woman convicted in Stefanie Rengel killing not committed to rehabilitation: parole board
A woman who convinced her boyfriend to kill his teenage ex more than a decade ago showed a lack of commitment to rehabilitation when she purposely hid two romantic relationships while living in a half...
Sep 10, 2019
New website launched by Environment Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - There's a new website in town.Environment Lethbridge has launched a new site to help residents reduce food waste and save money.The website, wasteless.ca/food, has information, tips a...
Sep 10, 2019 Environment Lethbridge Logo (Environment Lethbridge on Facebook)
Israeli PM vows to begin annexing West Bank settlements
JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister is vowing to begin annexing West Bank settlements if he wins national elections next week. Tuesday's announcement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to b...
Sep 10, 2019
Election day: Manitoba Tories seek 2nd mandate with promise of tax and cost cuts
WINNIPEG - A light drizzle fell across parts of southern Manitoba Tuesday as polls opened for a provincial election that will determine whether the Progressive Conservatives get a second man...
Sep 10, 2019
Brazil indicts model over rape allegation against Neymar
RIO DE JANEIRO - Sao Paulo police say they are indicting Brazilian model Najila Trindade and her former partner over her rape allegation against soccer star Neymar. Police said Tuesday they indicted t...
Sep 10, 2019
Alberta opens public submissions for environmentalist foreign funding inquiry
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government has started a website to allow people to submit information to its inquiry into foreign funding of environmental groups.Inquiry commissioner Steve Allan says he is a...
Sep 10, 2019 Jason Kenney outside the Legislature - The Canadian Press
New federal Arctic policy focusses on human health, environment, infrastructure
The federal government has released its long-awaited policy on developing the Canadian Arctic. The lengthy document, released by the department of Crown-Indigenous Relations, proposes eight priorities...
Sep 10, 2019