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Lethbridge Jazz & Blues Festival cancelled due to COVID-19
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Fans of jazz music in the Lethbridge area are sure to be feeling the blues.The Lethbridge Jazz Society has decided to not move forward with this year's Jazz & Blues Festival.The e...
Apr 15, 2020 The 2018 Lethbridge Jazz & Blues Festival. (Lethbridge Jazz Society)
Former Manitoba principal sentenced to life for vigilante killings of drug dealers
WINNIPEG - A former Manitoba principal has been sentenced to life in prison for the vigilante killings of two drug dealers. Claude Francis Guimond pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder in th...
Apr 15, 2020
Drivers license tests temporarily suspended in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - If you were planning on getting your driver's license any time soon, you're out of luck.Effective immediately, Alberta Transportation is suspending road tests during the public health...
Apr 15, 2020 Drivers testing
Military seeks to re-enrol commercial pilots laid off due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force is getting creative about finding new pilots. Commercial airlines across Canada have been temporarily laying off pilots in recent weeks as the industry struggles ...
Apr 15, 2020
Ottawa expands the CERB program
OTTAWA, ON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced some changes to the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) this morning, April 15.Trudeau stated in his COVID-19 update that the CERB has been ...
Apr 15, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (The Canadian Press)
Bibeau says Canada has enough food but COVID-19 will still cause challenges
OTTAWA - Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says Canadians could see higher prices and less variety of food on store shelves this year. Bibeau says she's confident the country has enough food bu...
Apr 15, 2020
Canadian Elite Basketball League postponing start date until at least June
COVID-19 has forced another Canadian sports league to push back its start date. The Canadian Elite Basketball League had been scheduled to tip off its second season on May 7 with the expansion Ottawa ...
Apr 15, 2020
MPs should return to House of Commons to scrutinize COVID-19 measures: Scheer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has repeated his call to see MPs return to the House of Commons to question and scrutinize the Liberal government's COVID-19 measures. ...
Apr 15, 2020
Lethbridge Sport Council announces 2019 Achievement Award winners
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Sport Council (LSC) is celebrating athletes and members of the sports world that have made a strong impact in the local athletics community over the last year.The LSC h...
Apr 15, 2020 (Photo courtesy the Lethbridge Sport Council on Facebook)
Emergency doctors urged to avoid drugs used to ventilate COVID-19 patients
OTTAWA - The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians is calling on its doctors to protect the limited supply of certain sedatives and painkillers needed for patients on ventilators. Putting a pat...
Apr 15, 2020