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As climate fight shifts to oil, Biden faces a formidable foe
CASPER, Wyo. - President Joe Biden's bid to tackle climate change is running straight through the heart of the U.S. oil and gas industry -- a much bigger, more influential foe than Democrats faced whe...
Mar 11, 2021

Toronto FC given bye into CONCACAF Champions League, with Forge FC unable to train
Toronto FC has been given a bye into the CONCACAF Champions League with Forge FC, its opponent in the Canadian Championship final, unable to return to full training. Canada Soccer, which runs the Cana...
Mar 11, 2021

Lethbridge pharmacy to get 300 COVID vaccine doses per week
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Eligible Albertans can book their COVID-19 vaccination appointments at Medicine Shoppe Lethbridge today.After receiving word from Alberta Health Services (AHS) that the Medicine Shoppe...
Mar 11, 2021

Digital artwork auctions for $69 million amid online craze
LONDON - Christie's says it has auctioned off a digital collage by an artist named Beeple for nearly $70 million, in an unprecedented sale of a digital artwork that fetched more money than physical wo...
Mar 11, 2021

Uber, Lyft team up on database to expose abusive drivers
SAN RAMON, Calif. - Uber and Lyft have teamed up to create a database of drivers ousted from their ride-hailing services for complaints about sexual assault and other crimes that have raised passenger...
Mar 11, 2021

Emperor's mosaic displayed in Italy after stint as NYC table
NEMI, Italy - A looted mosaic that once decorated a ship of the Roman Emperor Caligula and ended up as a coffee table in New York City finally returned home Thursday, as details emerged about the luck...
Mar 11, 2021

Parliament votes to declare entire EU an LGBT 'freedom zone'
BRUSSELS - The European Parliament has overwhelming adopted a resolution declaring the entire 27-member European Union a "freedom zone" for LGBT people, an effort to push back on rising homophobia in ...
Mar 11, 2021

Nova Scotia to restrict possession of police gear almost year after mass shooting
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is introducing restrictions on access to used police gear in reaction to last year's mass shooting by a gunman who wore an RCMP uniform and drove a replica police ...
Mar 11, 2021

Middaugh beats Jacobs to lock up spot in championship round at Brier
CALGARY - A Wayne Middaugh-skipped Wild Card Three rink has secured a berth in the championship round at the Canadian men's curling championship. Middaugh, who is skipping the Ontario rink in place of...
Mar 11, 2021

Trio of trials set for Lethbridge man accused in "possible assault and abduction"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A man from Lethbridge will be on trial three times in the coming months.Earlier this week, Sean Walter Horvath plead not guilty to 21 charges including two counts of assault with a we...
Mar 11, 2021