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The Daily with LNN – May 8, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily is LNN's podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been working on....
May 08, 2020

Bichette weighs in on South Korean baseball, empty stadiums and Jays' excitement level
With a few pro leagues resuming play around the globe, Major League Baseball fans are getting a glimpse of how things might look if big-league games return after this ext...
May 08, 2020

Feds reject eight million N95 masks from a single distributor
OTTAWA - The federal government has suspended shipments of N95 respirators from a Montreal-based supplier after about eight million of the masks made in China failed to meet specifications. ...
May 08, 2020

Only one-third of COVID-19 cases in Alberta still active
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its update for COVID-19 on Friday, May 8.Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw says, as the province gets closer to relaunching more p...
May 08, 2020

Peer pressure, public messaging will affect behaviour when rules loosen: experts
TORONTO - Peer pressure and public messaging will influence Canadians' ability and willingness to maintain safe behaviours as restrictions around COVID-19 begin to loosen, some experts say a...
May 08, 2020

First Nation, Metis, Inuit leaders concerned about Indigenous COVID-19 outbreaks
OTTAWA - First Nations, Inuit and Metis leaders are raising concern about a growing number of outbreaks of COVID-19 in Indigenous communities and say it's getting harder to find the money an...
May 08, 2020

Federal settlement for thalidomide survivors gets court's approval
OTTAWA - A federal judge has locked in a compensation program for Canadians born with birth defects because of the drug thalidomide. Thalidomide was approved in Canada to treat morning sickness in pre...
May 08, 2020

Office highrise elevators COVID pinch point; long line-ups and delays feared
TORONTO - As tens of thousands of Canadian workers start preparing for a post-lockdown return to their offices, elevators have become a hot-button issue amid concerns about the potential for long line...
May 08, 2020

Veterans gather at city Cenotaph on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Even with the challenge that social distancing presents because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a small group of Canadian Veterans gathered at the Lethbridge Cenotaph on Friday morning, to ...
May 08, 2020

CFL, CFLPA resume talks on potential contingency plans for 2020 season
TORONTO - In Hamilton Tiger-Cats receiver Brian Jones' mind, the CFL and CFL Players' Association are at a crossroads. The two sides were scheduled to meet Friday to continue talks on potential contin...
May 08, 2020