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CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos announce they’ll be retaining their team name
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos are keeping their team name.The CFL franchise announced Friday it was keeping the Eskimos moniker following "an extensive year-long formal research and engagement progr...
Jul 03, 2020

Three dead after float plane crashes near Edmonton airport: Mounties
LEDUC COUNTY, Alta. - RCMP say three people have died in a plane crash south of Edmonton. Mounties say they were alerted Friday morning that a float plane went down in a field in Leduc ...
Jul 03, 2020

Rideau Hall suspect owns food business in Swan Lake, Man.
An image linked to a COVID-19 conspiracy theory was posted to the social media pages of a company owned by a Manitoba man 35 minutes before he allegedly drove a truck through a gate at Ottawa's R...
Jul 03, 2020

Hosting regular season MLB in Toronto "totally different ball game"
The Toronto Blue Jays have been cleared to start their summer training camp at Rogers Centre, but Canada's deputy chief public health officer says hosting other teams there during the r...
Jul 03, 2020

Another 18 COVID cases confirmed in County of Warner Friday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Friday, July 3.Across Alberta, 57 cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 8,259. Of those, 572 cases are s...
Jul 03, 2020

Quebec government suspends all advertising on Facebook during July
QUEBEC - The Quebec government says it is joining an international boycott of Facebook by refusing to advertise on the social network during the month of July. Premier Francois Legault'...
Jul 03, 2020

Liberal party finished 2019 having spent $43 million, raised $42 million
OTTAWA - The Liberal party spent more than it took in the 2019 election year, raising just over $42 million and spending just over $43 million. Financial records released late Frid...
Jul 03, 2020

31 MLB players, 7 staff test positive for COVID-19, or 1.2%
NEW YORK - Thirty-one Major League Baseball players and seven staff members tested positive for COVID-19 during intake for the resumption of training, a rate of 1.2%. MLB and the players' association ...
Jul 03, 2020

Lethbridge Legion donates Navy anchor to local military museum
LETHBRIDGE, AB- After being given an old Navy ship anchor years ago, because of complications the Lethbridge Legion can't have it at their current location anymore.Therefore, the Legion is donating th...
Jul 03, 2020

No risk of flooding, but stream flows on Oldman River high
LETHBRIDGE, AB - After a couple of days of heavy rain, you might notice the Oldman River flowing much higher and faster than usual.LNN reported on Canada Day that the area got 84.3 mm of rain in just ...
Jul 03, 2020