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'Just killed 2 ppl:' A look at events in the La Loche school shooting
The Supreme Court of Canada has decided it will not hear the sentencing appeal of a student who killed four people and injured seven others in a mass shooting in La Loche, Sask., in 2016. The rul...
Apr 16, 2020
Push to have Parliament resume stems from Canadians' frustrations, Tory MP says
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP says his party's push for some kind of ongoing sitting of Parliament is born partially out of frustrations being voiced by Canadians over the federal response to COVID-19. B...
Apr 16, 2020
‘What’s going to happen?’ Okotoks teen recounts brush with death from COVID-19
OKOTOKS, Alta. - Matt Greenshields never worried about COVID-19 until he found himself thinking about death as he was being wheeled down the empty, darkened hallways of a hospital on his way to intens...
Apr 16, 2020 Matt Greenshields. (The Canadian Press)
1,700 WestJet pilots being laid off as COVID-19 cripples industry
CALGARY - WestJet Airlines Ltd. has confirmed it will lay off 1,700 pilots as the company continues to struggle with fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.About 700 pilots are slated to receive layoff no...
Apr 16, 2020 WestJet plane. (Lethbridge News Now)
Potato industry feeling the impacts of COVID-19
TABER, AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused uncertainty in industries across the world, including within Canada's agriculture sector.Lethbridge News Now spoke with Terence Hochstein, the executive di...
Apr 16, 2020 (Photo courtesy Pixabay via Pexels)
Relaxing Canada-U.S. border restrictions still a long way off: Trudeau
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it will be some time before Canada can seriously consider relaxing its mutual travel restrictions with the United States. Trudeau, who spoke earlie...
Apr 16, 2020
'There has been a boom.' Surge in video games linked to need for connection
The bleak, stereotypical image of the lonely, socially isolated video game player is rapidly falling away. As the COVID-19 pandemic forces people to find new pursuits while st...
Apr 16, 2020
Trudeau speaks on border reopening, expansion of Canada Emergency Business Account
OTTAWA, ON - Canada's Prime Minister says it will be a while before the U.S.-Canada border reopens. In his COVID-19 briefing this morning, April 16, Trudeau said it will be "many weeks" before the two...
Apr 16, 2020 Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (The Canadian Press)
Putin postpones World War II victory parade due to virus
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered the postponement Thursday of a Victory Day parade marking the 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II, an event planned ...
Apr 16, 2020
Ottawa expanding loan program for small businesses hit by COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is expanding a loan program for small businesses suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic and is working on a new support for companies h...
Apr 16, 2020