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Shoulder injury forces Bianca Andreescu to pull out of Wimbledon
LONDON - Canada's Bianca Andreescu has dropped out of Wimbledon because of an ongoing shoulder injury. The 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., Canada's top-ranked women's player at No. 25, withdr...
Jun 24, 2019

Celina Caesar-Chavannes says black civil servants passed over for promotions
OTTAWA - Independent MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes says qualified black Canadians are being passed over for promotions to senior positions in the federal government due what she says are system...
Jun 24, 2019

France to try former IAAF boss Diack and his son
PARIS - Lamine Diack, once one of the most influential men in Olympic sport, has been ordered to stand trial in France for his alleged role in a system of corruption, extortion and doping coverups dur...
Jun 24, 2019

Local Association of Realtors responds to recent sexual assault allegations at home viewings
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Following recent investigations into alleged sexual assaults at home viewings in both Lethbridge and Calgary, the Lethbridge and District Association of Realtors is speaking out.CEO C...
Jun 24, 2019 The Lethbridge and District Association of Realtors office (Lethbridge News Now)

Italy to host 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Italy will host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. International Olympic Committee members voted for the Milan-Cortina bid over a Stockholm-based entry fr...
Jun 24, 2019 Olympic Rings

Minister's Youth Council recruiting Albertan teens
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The provincial government is looking for 32 students from across Alberta to join their Youth Council.Students between the ages of 14-19 will be part of the Council for 10 months durin...
Jun 24, 2019 The Alberta Legislature in Edmonton. (Lethbridge News Now)

Indigenous drummers lead pipeline protesters on 22-kilometre march in Victoria
VICTORIA - The government approval of the Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion won't stop efforts in British Columbia to halt the project, protesters gathered outside Victoria's city hall said Saturday. ...
Jun 24, 2019

New sentencing date to be set in August for Addison Wakefield
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new sentencing date for a man formerly convicted of second-degree murder in the death of 58-year-old George Span of Lethbridge, will be set in late August. In early May, The Supreme...
Jun 24, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse (Lethbridge News NOW)

Court ruling reveals grim details of Lionel Desmond suicide and murders
HALIFAX - A court fight over life insurance has revealed for the first time disturbing details about how former Canadian soldier Lionel Desmond fatally shot his mother, wife a...
Jun 24, 2019

Aviation experts question security, passenger safety after woman left on plane
Aviation experts are raising security and passenger safety concerns after a woman was left sleeping on a parked Air Canada aircraft with the lights turned off and crew gone. A friend recounted Ti...
Jun 24, 2019