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Canada offers more money to COVAX while vaccine dose donations stall
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is donating another $220 million to the COVAX global vaccine sharing alliance. The funds will bring Canada's total monetary donation to COVAX to abou...
Apr 08, 2022
Lethbridge MP: Federal budget only adds to affordability crisis
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The new federal budget is not sitting well with Lethbridge MP Rachael Thomas.Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveiled the budget Thursday afternoon.With a total of $452 billion in ...
Apr 08, 2022
Jury deadlocked on some charges in Whitmer kidnap plot trial
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Jurors say they've reached decisions on some charges and are deadlocked on others in the trial of four men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. U...
Apr 08, 2022
No new murder trial for former Quebec judge Jacques Delisle, court rules
QUEBEC - A former Quebec judge found guilty in 2012 of fatally shooting his wife and whose conviction was overturned last year by the federal justice minister won't face a new trial. Jacques Delisle, ...
Apr 08, 2022
Community phone survey for Lethbridge residents begins Friday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge residents may receive a phone call for a survey over the next few weeks.IPSOS is conducting a phone survey on behalf of the City of Lethbridge to gather information and fee...
Apr 08, 2022
Boris Becker found guilty over bankruptcy, could face jail
LONDON (AP) - Tennis great Boris Becker could face a jail sentence after being found guilty on Friday of illicitly moving thousands of dollars from a bank account after he was declared bankrupt. A jur...
Apr 08, 2022
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region’s jobless rate at 5.5 per cent in March
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region saw the second lowest unemployment figure in the province last month. March's rate was 5.5 per cent. That's a drop from 6.6 per cent in Feb...
Apr 08, 2022
Live Updates | New Japan moves hit Russian officials, trade
TOKYO - Japan is expelling eight Russian diplomats and trade officials and will phase out imports of Russian coal and oil. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that Moscow must be held accountable...
Apr 08, 2022
Canada's Christine Sinclair focusing on 'bigger things' than scoring milestone
VANCOUVER - Canadian soccer legend Christine Sinclair isn't looking backwards. While a celebration is set to be held Friday for a record-setting goal she scored more than two years ago, Sinclair isn't...
Apr 08, 2022
Whitecaps look to fell slumping Timbers in first Cascadia matchup of the season
VANCOUVER - Just five games into the Major League Soccer season, Vanni Sartini says his side Vancouver Whitecaps are preparing for another crucial match. Facing the Portland Timbers is always a big de...
Apr 08, 2022